Burgeoning middle class, but for hardscrabble factory workers mounting protests against unlivable wages and working conditions. Ifill and Vice President joe biden hangs out with Hari Sreenivasan on google plus to talk about gun violence. Make your voices heard. This town listens when people rise up and speak. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. 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. Brown the u. S. Military has a new order of the day working up plans for putting women on the front lines. The process was set in motion today at the pentagon. Not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier.
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brown the u. S. Military has a new order of the day working up plans for putting women on the front lines. The process was set in motion today at the pentagon. Not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier. But everyone is entitled to a chance. Brown with that, defense secretary leon panetta joined by the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, general Martin Dempsey announced hes ending a 1994 ban on women in combat roles. As secretary, when ive gone to bethesda to visit wounded warriors, when ive gone to arlington to bury our dead, there is no distinction thats made between the sacrifices of man and women in uniform. They serve, theyre wounded and they die right next to each other. The time has come to recognize that reality. Brown nearly 300,000 women have deployed over the past 11 years in iraq and afghanistan, where the frontlines arent so clearly drawn. And 152 have died there. Todays decision opens
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brown the u. S. Military has a new order of the day working up plans for putting women on the front lines. The process was set in motion today at the pentagon. Not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier. But everyone is entitled to a chance. Brown with that, defense secretary leon panetta joined by the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, general Martin Dempsey announced hes ending a 1994 ban on women in combat roles. As secretary, when ive gone to bethesda to visit wounded warriors, when ive gone to arlington to bury our dead, there is no distinction thats made between the sacrifices of man and women in uniform. They serve, theyre wounded and they die right next to each other. The time has come to recognize that reality. Brown nearly 300,000 women have deployed over the past 11 years in iraq and afghanistan, where the frontlines arent so clearly drawn. And 152 have died there. Todays decision opens
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions ifill defense secretary leon panetta said lifting the ban on women serving in combat will make the u. S. Military stronger. Good evening, im gwen ifill. Brown and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we examine the historic move, which opens more than 200,000 jobs to women. Ifill then, we turn to u. S. Foreign policy, as confirmation hearings begin for secretary of state nominee john kerry, two former National Security advisers Stephen Hadley and Zbigniew Brzezinski weigh in. Brown paul solman looks at chinas fast growing economy and asks, is it headed for a crash . Wages are rising for the burgeoning middle class, but for hardscrabble factory workers mounting protests against livle wages d woing conditions. Ifill and Vice President joe biden hangs out with Hari Sreenivasan on google plus to talk about gun violence. Make your voices heard. This town listens when people rise up and speak. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights newshour
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions ifill defense secretary leon panetta said lifting the ban on women serving in combat will make the u. S. Military stronger. Good evening, im gwen ifill. Brown and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we examine the historic move, which opens more than 200,000 jobs to women. Ifill then, we turn to u. S. Foreign policy, as confirmation hearings begin for secretary of state nominee john kerry, two forr national secury advisers Stephen Hadley and Zbigniew Brzezinski weigh in. Brown paul solman looks at chinas fast growing economy and asks, is it headed for a crash . Wages are rising for the burgeoning middle class, but for hardscrabble factory workers mounting protests against unlivable wages and working conditions. Ifill and Vice President joe biden hangs out with Hari Sreenivasan on google plus to talk about gun violence. Make your voices heard. This town listens when people rise up and speak. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights news