Feb 15 Pentagon boss to NATO nations: Increase military spending By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Echoing President Donald Trump's demands for NATO countries to assume greater self-defense responsibility, the defense secretary said Washington will "moderate its commitment" to the alliance if countries fail to fall in line. Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch 9:36 A new generation of human rights investigators turns to high-tech methods By PBS News Hour Humanitarian crises like those in Syria’s Aleppo sometimes make headlines. But how do we identify such atrocities when they are occurring thousands of miles away? A new program at UC Berkeley is training students to leverage social media, geolocation and… Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch 2:23 News Wrap: UN Ambassador Haley warns those who 'don't have our back' By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, it was Ambassador Nikki Haley's first day on the job at the United Nations, where she warned "those that don't have our back: we're taking names." Also, The National Park Service confirmed that President Trumped… Continue watching
Jan 25 Haley sworn in as U.S. ambassador to the UN By Associated Press Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has been sworn in to be President Donald Trump's ambassador to the United Nations. Continue reading
Jan 17 WATCH: U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power on Israel, challenge of fake news By News Desk U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power defended the decision to abstain from a U.N. Security Council vote in December to condemn Israeli settlements, saying that “the building has to stop.”… Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch 12:02 Brooks and Corn on Obama's active final weeks and the Trump-Putin 'bromance' By PBS News Hour In foreign affairs, it was not a quiet few days leading up to the New Year's weekend -- from Secretary of State John Kerry’s blunt parting speech about Israel to President Obama’s announcement of retaliation against the Kremlin for election… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 3:46 Kerry on Israel: Friends need to tell each other hard truths By PBS News Hour Secretary of State John Kerry in a farewell speech blamed Israel’s settler movement and its “most right-wing government ever” for rejecting a two-state solution, explaining why the U.S. decided not to veto a UN resolution. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 8:07 What does Kerry's speech mean for U.S.-Israel relations? By PBS News Hour With Secretary of State John Kerry’s tough, parting words on Israel and the recent UN Security Council resolution vote, former State Department officials James Jeffrey and Ilan Goldberg join Hari Sreenivasan to examine the state of relations between the two… Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch 3:20 News Wrap: Israel suspends ties with 12 countries that supported UN condemnation By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, more fallout from Friday’s U.N. Security Council vote condemning Israeli settlement building. Israel confirmed it has suspended working ties with 12 nations that backed the resolution. Also, President-elect Trump tweeted his own criticism of the… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch 6:48 Why didn't the U.S. veto the UN's rebuke of Israel? By PBS News Hour Continue watching