Feb 10 Watch News Wrap: Romney, Santorum Pitch Conservative Values at CPAC In other news Friday, presidential hopefuls Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney touted their conservative credentials to activists at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. In Syria, at least 28 people were killed in a pair of suicide car… Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch News Wrap: Obama Waives No Child Left Behind Requirements for 10 States In other news Thursday, President Obama excused 10 states from No Child Left Behind requirements. The law requires all public school students be proficient in reading and math by 2014. Republicans said the president was overreaching in granting waivers. Also,… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch News Wrap: Boehner Calls Contraception Mandate 'Attack on Religious Freedom' In other news Wednesday, Republicans increased pressure on President Obama over a mandate that requires religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with birth control. In Syria, military assault in Homs was unrelenting, despite President Bashar al-Assad's talk of peace. Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch Assad Running out of Friends, but China, Russia Still Among Allies Assad Running out of Friends, but China, Russia Still Among Allies… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch After Russia's Veto at U.N., Foreign Minister Gets Hero's Welcome in Syria Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov visited Tuesday with top Syrian leaders in Damascus as the Assad regime's crackdown on opposition intensified. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports. Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch Syrian Instability: How Would Rest of World Respond? Citing security woes amid Syria's escalating crackdown, American and British diplomats have left Damascus. Ray Suarez discusses other countries' diplomatic and military options and the mounting pressure on Assad's regime with the University of Oklahoma's Joshua Landis and Steven Heydemann… Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch U.S. Closes Embassy in Syria as Assad Regime Feels 'Noose Tightening' As a new surge of killings erupted Monday in Homs, Syria, the United States shuttered its embassy in Damascus, citing security problems. British Foreign Secretary William Hague also dialed back relations with what he called a "doomed" and "murdering" regime. Continue watching
Jan 31 Watch Rice on Syria Proposal: U.S. Seeks 'Unified Decision' in Security Council Rice on Syria Proposal: U.S. Seeks 'Unified Decision' in Security Council… Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch News Wrap: White House Urges Political Solution in Syria In other news Monday, Syrian government forces pushed back rebellious army units around Damascus as the West took a new diplomatic offensive. At least 100 people died in three days of fighting, according to activists. Also, in Washington, Occupy protesters… Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch In Syria, Reports of 'Daily Double-Digit Death Tolls' Violence in Syria continues to escalate, with activists reporting at least 70 dead in the last two days of fighting in Homs, Hama and Idlib. Margaret Warner and Time magazine's Rania Abouzeid discuss the uptick in violence, plus reports of… Continue watching