Full Episode
Friday, Feb 26
PBS NewsHour
  • Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Subscribe
  • The Latest
  • Politics
    Politics
    • Shields and Brooks
    • Politics Monday
    • Supreme Court
  • Arts
    Arts
    • CANVAS
    • Poetry
    • Now Read This
  • Nation
    Nation
    • Supreme Court
    • Race Matters
    • Essays
    • Brief But Spectacular
  • World
    World
    • Agents for Change
  • Economy
    Economy
    • Making Sen$e
    • Paul Solman
  • Science
    Science
    • The Leading Edge
    • ScienceScope
    • Basic Research
    • Innovation and Invention
  • Health
    Health
    • Long-Term Care
  • Education
    Education
    • Teachers' Lounge
    • Student Reporting Labs
  • For Teachers
  • About
    • Feedback
    • Funders
    • Support
    • Jobs

Educate your inbox

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Nation
PBS NewsHour

Get news alerts from PBS NewsHour

Turn on desktop notifications?

pentagon

  • Full Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Subscribe
  • Live

Politics Feb 22

WATCH: Pentagon says no attribution for Iraq rocket attacks

By Associated Press

Nation Feb 19

Watch 8:44
U.S. military grapples with a rising epidemic of sexual assault in its ranks

A video posted by a female U.S. Marine about sexual assault in the military rocketed across the internet and into a Pentagon press-briefing room Friday. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin promised to take additional steps to stop such violence. But…

By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn

World Feb 19

Pentagon chief urges immediate reduction in Taliban violence

In his first press conference as defense secretary, Lloyd Austin says progress toward a durable peace in Afghanistan and an end to U.S. military involvement there depends on the Taliban reducing attacks.

By Lolita C. Baldor, Robert Burns, Associated Press

Health Feb 12

WATCH: Pentagon approves 20 more COVID-19 vaccination teams

The Biden administration has said that delivering the vaccine to Americans is a top priority, raising questions about why the rollout of the teams hasn't moved more quickly.

By Associated Press

Health Feb 06

Watch 6:33
Are vaccines reaching communities in need? We don’t have enough data

The Pentagon committed to sending around 1,000 active duty troops to help vaccinate people across the nation after the White House promised to open community vaccination centers, increasing availability to those in need. Dr. Julie Morita, Executive Vice President of…

By PBS NewsHour

Feb 05

WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing as White House plans troop assistance with COVID-19 vaccines

By Associated Press

Currently about 6.9 million Americans have received the full two-dose regimen required to get maximum protection from the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines. That translates to about 2 percent of the U.S. population.

Continue reading

Feb 02

Pentagon chief purges defense boards of Trump appointees

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered hundreds of Pentagon advisory board members to resign this month as part of a broad review of the panels, essentially purging several dozen last-minute appointments under the Trump administration.

Continue reading

Jan 22

WATCH: Lloyd Austin wins Senate confirmation as first Black Pentagon chief

By Robert Burns, Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

Lloyd J. Austin, a West Point graduate who rose to the Army's elite ranks and marched through racial barriers in a 41-year career, won Senate confirmation Friday to become the nation's first Black secretary of defense.

Continue reading

Jan 19

WATCH: Gen. Lloyd Austin’s full opening statement in Senate confirmation hearing

By Associated Press

Addressing the Senate Armed Services Committee, Austin, who served 41 years in the Army, vowed to surround himself with qualified civilians and include them in policy decisions.

Continue reading

Dec 18

AP report: Pentagon memo maps out plan to expand diversity in the force

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

The plan, however, skirts the more politically sensitive issues that have roiled the nation and the Trump administration this year, such as the renaming of bases that honor Confederate leaders or removing Confederate statues.

Continue reading

Jump to the First Page Previous Page
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 39
Next Page Jump to the Last Page

Support Provided By: Learn more

Educate your inbox

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Full Episode
Friday, Feb 26

Additional Support Provided By:

  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Fidelity
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Mutual of America: Your Retirement Company
  • Viewers Like You
  • Friends of the NewsHour
PBS NewsHour

© 1996 - 2021 NewsHour Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Sections

  • The Latest
  • Politics
  • Arts
  • Nation
  • World
  • Economy
  • Science
  • Health
  • Education

About

  • About Us
  • TV Schedule
  • Press
  • Feedback
  • Funders
  • Support
  • Subscribe
  • NewsHour West
  • Jobs
  • Privacy

Stay Connected

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • RSS

Subscribe to ‘Here's the Deal,’ our politics newsletter

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Support our journalism

Learn more about Friends of the NewsHour.

Support for NewsHour Provided By

  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Fidelity
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Mutual of America: Your Retirement Company