and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. lehrer: president obama held a televised news conference this morning at the white house. the east room back and forth included questions about the economy, the middle east, and religious tensions. newshour correspondent kwame holman reports. holman: it was the first formal news conference since may, and from start to finish, the session lasted an hour and 17 minutes. first up a question about mr. obama s comment earlier this week that democrats would suffer at the polls in november if the election was a referendum on the economy. what i said was that, if it was just a referendum on whether we ve made the kind of progress that we need to, then people around the country would say, we re not there yet. if the election is about the policies that are
if you ve got a service-related injury, if you ve been wounded in combat, are awe a patient, are you still a soldier? the army s warrior transition units try to find a way for you to be both. lehrer: and mark shields and david brooks provide their analysis of the news. that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. lehrer: president obama held a televised news conference this morning at the white house. the east room back and forth included questions about the economy, the middle east, and religious tensions. newshour correspondent kwame holman reports. holman: it was the first formal news conference since may, and from start to finish, the session lasted an hour and 17 minutes. first up a question
woodruff: ray suarez, in fort hood, texas, looks at the army s new program designed to provide better treatment for wounded warriors. if you ve got a service-related injury, if you ve been wounded in combat, are awe a patient, are you still a soldier? the army s warrior transition units try to find a way for you to be both. lehrer: and mark shields and david brooks provide their analysis of the news. that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. lehrer: president obama held a televised news conference this morning at the white house. the east room back and forth included questions about the economy, the middle east, and religious tensions. newshour correspondent kwame holman reports. holman: it wa