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Review: 'Frontline: Obama's War' on PBS | Los Angeles Times

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:35:00 -0400

New Yorker writer Steve Coll summarizes: "This could not be a more complicated war. If you think about it, the United States is essentially waging a war ...

Can Healthcare Blogs Fill the Gap Left by Mainstream News Coverage? | PBS MediaShift

Erin Drankoski — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:28:00 -0400

[Paul Testa] and Joanne Kenen write the New Health Dialogue Blog for the New America Foundation, a think tank. "I think part of it, with the blogs, is that there is a ... Original Article

Iran Uprising | World Focus (PBS)

Erin Drankoski — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:59:00 -0400

The Empty Cradle | PBS

Erin Drankoski — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:14:00 -0400

The Senate Stimulate Package Showdown | Nightly Business Report

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:43:00 -0500

MAYA MACGUINEAS, PRESIDENT, COMMITTEE FOR A RESPONSIBLE FEDERAL BUDGET: There are not going to be that many vehicles which will actually bring taxes down or ...

Nigeria: Religious Riots Leave Hundreds Dead | PBS

Communications — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:11:00 -0500

To shed light on this tenuous coexistence and the violence it often ignites, we recommend this Atlantic cover story by Eliza Griswold, who traveled to the ...

Steve Coll on 'Frontline' | The War Briefing

adminn — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:21:00 -0400

New America Foundation CEO Steve Coll was key source for the recent Frontline special, "The War Briefing." The program, which first aired on PBS Oct. 28, focuses on the war in Afghanistan, and asks: "What are the next president's options."

A transcript of Coll's interview is available, while the full program can be viewed on the Frontline web site.

Selected excerpts from Coll's analysis are included below:

Can you describe Afghanistan in terms of the fronts where the war is being fought and where it's becoming more dicey?

The field of combat in Afghanistan has been expanding steadily over the last couple of years. When the insurgency first began to revive, it was concentrated primarily in the deep south, around Helmand and Kandahar provinces, which is the historical heartland of the Taliban and also one of the centers of the opium economy.

Gradually the war has expanded along the Pakistan border, almost in its entirety, from the southern areas around Ghazni and Paktika provinces in Afghanistan all the way up to the mountainous northeastern territory of Kunar.

The most important recent developments are the encroachments that the Taliban are making around the capital of Kabul,… more

Maya MacGuineas on PBS Nightly Business Report | 'Fed. Chairman Bernanke Calls For A Second Stimulus'

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:53:00 -0400

Maya MacGuineas, President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: If we move forward and borrow hundreds of billions of dollars to kind of stimulate the company now, with no (INAUDIBLE) how to offset this cost, the vulnerability or the cost to the economy of borrowing so much could ultimately outweigh the benefits of the stimulus. We have to do this right. LINK to transcript

Gregory Rodriguez on The Tavis Smiley Show on PBS | 'Presidential Debate Analysis'

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:07:00 -0400

Tavis Smiley: Let me start by asking you, Gregory, whether or not, that said, the format tonight made a difference in the performance of either man? A conversation heretofore about the format playing best to John McCain. Let's talk about the format first.

Gregory Rodriguez: You know what? I expected John McCain to do much better than he did. He usually has - he's better equipped, usually, to feel the audience's pain, if you will. He's better at connecting, he's better at emoting than Obama is. But you know what? Tonight it didn't work. For me, Obama - the format really accentuated the age difference, and Obama seemed fluid, he seemed younger, he seemed more nimble, and I think the format really, for all the prognostication beforehand, I think the format really favored Obama because of his youth. LINK to video

Steve Coll on Frontline | Bush's War: Part 2

Communications — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:35:00 -0400

Frontline | Bush's War: Part 2

From the horror of 9/11 to the invasion of Iraq; the truth about WMD to the rise of an insurgency; the scandal of Abu Ghraib to the strategy of the surge -- for seven years, Frontline has revealed the defining stories of the war on terror in meticulous detail, and the political dramas that played out at the highest levels of power and influence. Now, on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, the full saga unfolds in the two-part FRONTLINE special Bush's War. . .

Frontline's interview with New America Foundation President and CEO Steve Coll appears in the second part of Bush's War.