Sep 18 Watch Brooks and Marcus on Health Bill, Obama Media Push Columnists David Brooks and Ruth Marcus sort through the week's top stories, including the state of the health reform push, President Obama's media strategy and U.S. plans to revamp missile defense in Europe. Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch News Wrap: Putin Applauds U.S. Reversal on Missile Shield In other news, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin applauded President Obama's "brave decision" to cancel plans for a U.S. missile shield in Europe, and seven former CIA directors asked the White House to end a criminal probe of interrogation tactics… Continue watching
Sep 17 U.S. Scraps Bush Approach on Missile Shield in Eastern Europe The Obama administration announced Thursday that it will shelve a controversial U.S. missile shield defense system in Eastern Europe planned under the George W. Bush administration. Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch Obama Shelves Bush-era Plan for Missile Defense Shield The White House said Thursday that the U.S. will scrap a European missile shield proposed by the Bush administration to thwart the threat of an attack from Iran. Analysts weigh in on the decision. Continue watching
Sep 01 Watch Other News: Stocks Slide on Bank Fears In other news, stocks in the U.S. were hit by fears about additional bank failures, and Iran signaled it may be ready to restart talks over its disputed nuclear program. Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch Global Economic Downturn Slams Ireland, Spares Poland The economic slump is affecting European Union member countries very differently. In Ireland, companies are laying off workers, while the Polish economy is growing. Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports. Continue watching
Dec 12 EU Energy Deal Boosts U.N. Climate Talks By Admin, PBS News Hour Leaders of the European Union Friday announced a climate and energy package aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch U.S. Defense Deal With Poland Stirs Angry Russian Rhetoric A newly inked deal paves the way for the building of a U.S. missile defense base in Poland -- a move that has infuriated regional power Russia. Experts examine the state of U.S.-Russia relations. Continue watching
Aug 15 U.S. Calls for Russia to Immediately Remove All Troops From Georgia By Admin, PBS News Hour U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a new call Friday for Russia to remove all troops from neighboring Georgia as part of an internationally-brokered agreement to end the weeklong military conflict over two breakaway provinces. Continue reading