And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. 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. Ifill president obamas forceful new focus on progressive ideals echoed across the nation on this day after the inauguration. And it earned him both praise and potshots. The president s inaugural themes lingered in the air this morning at a Traditional Prayer Service at the Washington National cathedral. Methodist pastor Adam Hamilton offered words of praise in the cathedrals great vaulted sanctuary. We americans say it seldom, but we should say it far more often. Thank you for giving yourselves, for sacrificing, for living in glass houses, for accepting the constant barrage of criticism with very little praise. For being willing to risk everything in order to serve this country. Thank you. applause and yesterday you began to lay out a vis
And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. 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. Ifill president obamas forceful new focus on progressive ideals echoed across the nation on this day after the inauguration. And it earned him both praise and potshots. The president s inaugural themes lingered in the air this morning at a Traditional Prayer Service at the Washington National cathedral. Methodist pastor Adam Hamilton offered words of praise in the cathedrals great vaulted sanctuary. We americans say it seldom, but we should say it far more often. Thank you for giving yourselves, for sacrificing, for living in glass houses, for accepting the constant barrage of criticism with very little praise. For being willing to risk everything in order to serve this country. Thank you. applause and yesterday you began to lay out a vis
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions brown the first working day of president obamas second term began with an Interfaith Prayer Service at Washingtons National cathedral. Good evening. Im jeffrey brown. Ifill and im gwen ifill. On the newshour tonight, whats ahead for the next four years . We explore the vision and the agenda laid out in the president s inaugural address. Brown then, from tel aviv, Margaret Warner reports on the israeli elections, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus party was on track to stay in power by a narrow margin. Netanyahu tries to put together, its sure to include new faces and new agendas that will influence the country. Ifill we examine a new study on concussions, showing the impact of hard hits on the brains of living but retired n. F. L. Players. I go through stages where i think how come i cant remember that and i always wondered are these agerelated or are they conclusion related . Brown and we mark the 40th anniversary of the roe v. Wad
Which is going to be over very soon. Thank you. [applause] thank you very much. Now, im going to ask two of the people to join us on stage, and first of all i would like to have larry napper join us on stage. Ambassador letting napper graduated from texas a m university in 1969. Hes a Career Foreign Service officer who served his country as ambassador to latvia in kazakhstan at the time of Desert Shield and desert storm. He was a deputy chief of mission in romania where he received state departments distinguished honor award for leadership of the embassy. Next like to ask Lieutenant General randy house to join us. General house graduate from texas a m university in 1967. And received regular Army Commission in the infantry. Is commanded at every level in peace and war from platoon leader to Deputy Commander of u. S. Pacific command. During Desert Shield, desert storm he commands the 22nd brigade blackjack brigade, first cavalry division. Lieutenant general house brigade execute the coa
Members, shall we say were not fond of israelis. Consequently was constrained and the need to keep the war going on long enough the israelis would want to to retaliate for being had by Saddam Hussein. At the same time, the desire among many within the middle east for an arab solution must turn if he went further towards baghdad and took over back dad by forests, that this would create greater amity among arab members to be that in some ways as the reestablishment of western colonialism. But theres a very important distinction, a revelation she was in the archives and theres always the questions when the decision comes out about whether or not American Forces should continue on to baghdad in 1991. This was not a discussion within the white house for a very important reason. The ultimate goal beyond the liberation of kuwait was removal of Saddam Hussein from power. There was a 100 certainty on highlevel officials that this would happen anyway. Saddam hussein had embarrassed. His own army