Veterans & War

Whether it’s the memories of D-Day veterans, news from the “forgotten front” of Afghanistan or the toll that fighting has taken on families of troops here at home, Bill Moyers continues to report on the costs of war here and abroad, and the aftermath for the men and women who’ve been able to come back.

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The 2012 Global Peace Index Map
June 12, 2012 | Smart Charts
The sixth edition of the Global Peace Index was released today. The study ranks 158 countries by a number of factors such as overall safety and militarization.
Afghan detainees are seen through mesh wire fence inside the Parwan detention facility near Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan in 2011. Afghan and U.S. military officials have signed a deal to transfer oversight of the main U.S. detention center in the country to the Afghan government within six months. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)
Guantánamo II? Worries About Detainees in Bagram Prison
June 5, 2012 | News & Notes
The handover of a U.S. military airbase in Bagram, Afghanistan has some worried about the treatment of detainees imprisoned there.
A Pakistani villager holds a wreckage of a suspected surveillance drone which is crashed in Pakistani border town of Chaman along the Afghanistan border in Pakistan on Thursday, Aug 25, 2011. Suspected US surveillance drone crashes in Pakistan military area near border with Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Shah Khalid)
Is Obama Taking ‘No Prisoners Alive’?
May 30, 2012 | Connecting the Dots
According to The New York Times "scores" of terror suspects have been killed by drones during Obama's presidency.
In this handout picture from the U.S. Navy made available Friday, Oct. 19, 2001, U.S. Navy Seals train with a SH-60F Seahawk helicopter assigned to the Tridents of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Three on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2001 at an undisclosed location at sea in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Lance H. Mayhew Jr.)
The Golden Age of Special Operations
May 29, 2012 | Q&A
Secret forces are becoming more autonomous and less accountable, and are taking on more missions than ever before.
Matthew Alexander, Esmeralda Santiago and America Ferrera read "Guantanamo Justice: A Detainee's Hearing"
Raise Your Voice Against Torture
May 24, 2012

Authors, actors and others read documents and testimony from The Torture Report. Continue reading

A protestor wearing an orange jumpsuit and chains demonstrates for the release of Binyam Mohamed, a former British resident and detainee at Guantanamo Bay, outside the U.S. embassy in 2009.
Excerpt: “A Ponzi Scheme of Torture”
May 24, 2012

Read an excerpt from The Torture Report. Continue reading

(AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
On Memorial Day Weekend, America Reckons with Torture
May 24, 2012 | On Democracy

Why it’s important to face the truth about U.S. torture tactics as we honor Americans in uniform. Continue reading

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A History of The Geneva Conventions
May 24, 2012

Examine the origins of these humanitarian guidelines. Continue reading

ProPublica Timeline - How Obama Compares to Bush on Torture, Surveillance and Detention
Timeline: Comparing Obama to Bush on Torture in War on Terror
May 24, 2012 | Smart Charts

ProPublica’s interactive timeline tracks Bush administration policies on torture, detention and surveillance to see how much they’ve changed under President Obama. Continue reading

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The Real Defense Budget
May 23, 2012 | Q&A
A walk through the maze of national security spending.
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