Troop Surge Audio & Video

[description] Just-released reports from the Defense of Department and the General Accountability Office see a real decline in violence in Iraq. But while the DOD sees positive trends in political, economic, and security developments, the GAO says that crucial measures the administration uses to demonstrate progress are wrong. And, the GAO goes on to assert that the US still lacks a meaningful strategy to move beyond the administration's troop surge. We'll speak with Demetri Sevastopoulo, Pentagon and Intelligence Correspondent for the Financial Times. Less than a week after a fragile truce took effect between Israel and Gaza militants, shots were fired today into Southern Israel. We check in with blogger, author, and commentator Bernard Avishai about the situation in Gaza, as well as the growing tensions between Israel and Iran over Iran's alleged nuclear facilities...and Israel's alleged "attack rehearsals" to destroy them. What now for the flooded residents of the Midwest? A nationally-r

[description] (NECN) - John McCain says Iraqis can't afford to let the recent success there slip away. On Sunday, McCain met with Iraq's foreign minister in Arlington, Virginia. McCain said the troop surge has worked and he attacked Barack Obama...

[description] Fire fighters hard at work in Framingham, the Patrick Poll shows bad numbers, and the Yankees invade Fenway, these stories and more, in the WBZ Afternoon News.

[description] NPR News: 04-05-2008 7PM ET

[description] A commuter rail engineer (pictured) saves the day. 'Normalcy' in Iraq? Highlights of the week, produced by WBZ's Dave Mager.

[description] Bush Speech In a speech on the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, President Bush claims that the surge of US troops has resulted in "the first large-scale Arab uprising against Osama Bin Laden." We speak with Financial Times Pentagon correspondent Demetri Sevastopulo. Iraq: Five Years On After five years of war and thousands of deaths, is Iraq closer to self-governance? And aside from the human toll, how much is this war costing the US? We speak with Dr Haider al-Abadi, a member of Iraq's parliament, and Linda Bilmes, co-author of The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict. Obama Speech A day after this major speech by Sen. Barack Obama about race and religion -- we ask, did any undecided voters cross over into his camp? We look specifically at Pennsylvania. Our guest is G. Terry Madonna, director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania. Digital Shadow Every time you buy something online, l

[description] (NECN) - Five years since the start of the Iraq War, there is a great debate over where we stand today and what role the U.S. should play moving forward. In many ways, it is a story of triumph, incredible failures and uncertainty wrapped into one....

[description] A Harvard grad student killed by a truck in Cambridge and Wall Street worries mount, these stories and more in the WBZ Afternoon News.

[description] (NECN/ABC) - After making a surprise visit to Iraq, Vice President Dick Cheney was briefed on the current situation there by America's top military and diplomatic men on the group. Cheney: "We're come a long way in five years, b...

[description] NPR News: 03-15-2008 7PM ET