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Story Archives of 'PBS'
Afghanistan: Obama's War
By Virginia Prescott on Tuesday, October 13, 2009.
Eight years on, Afghanistan is our nation’s longest-running war. The U.S. has tens of thousands of troops, a new commander, and a new counter-insurgency plan. Still, there’s no clear exit strategy. Tomorrow night President Obama will hold his fifth strategy meeting on Afghanistan with his national security team.
"Frontline" correspondent Martin Smith co-produced an hour-long special on the conflict, along with Marcela Gaviria. It’s called Obama's War, and it airs tonight on PBS. Martin Smith joins us to discuss the new counterinsurgency plan as conceived by the U.S.'s top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
As President Obama approaches a decision point on Afghanistan strategy and whether to increase troop levels, a 24-minute rough cut of the first act of Obama's War:
The New York Times: Situation Report: The Dilemma of Afghanistan
(Photo courtesy Martin Smith for "Frontline")
Public Broadcasting in the Spotlight
By Laura Knoy on Thursday, June 2, 2005.Recently, the chair of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting put PBS and NPR in the spotlight by raising concerns over levels of objectivity and balance. We will talk with critics from both the left and the right about their reaction to the allegations, and ask them where they see instances of bias at NPR and PBS. Laura is joined by Mark Handley, president of New Hampshire Public Radio, Fergus Cullen, columnist for the New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News and Peter Hart, Activism Director at Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR).
