Video: Washington Week
WASHINGTON WEEK, PBS' longest-running public affairs series, features Washington's top journalists analyzing the week's top news stories and their effect on the lives of all Americans. Gwen Ifill hosts.
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Washington Week | October 30, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
The battle over health care reform and the public option, the spike in violence in Afghanistan, economic developments and the president's declaration of an H1N1 emergency. 06:09
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Washington Week | October 23, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
Pay cuts for bailed out executives, the run-off election in Afghanistan, support for the health care reform public option, and if the new strategy in Iran is working. 05:53
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Washington Week | October 16, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
The Senate Finance Committee vote, interest groups jumping ship on health care reform, Afghanistan troop-levels, and The White House's involvement in state politics. 05:54
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Washington Week | October 09, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win, the debate over Afghan/Pakistan strategy, whether the CBO has come to the rescue for health reform, and the Supreme Court's term with a new justice. 05:54
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Washington Week | September 25, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
Iran's nuclear facility, Obama's performance on the world stage, the arrest of suspected terrorist Najibullah Zazi, the new strategy in Afghanistan, and the health care debate. 05:54
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Washington Week | September 18, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
The health care reform mark from the Senate Finance Committee, the GOP's voice of dissent, whether the recession is over, and Obama's decision on the missile defense shield. 05:55
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Washington Week | Sept. 11, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
The president's address and what it may mean for health care reform efforts, the anniversary of the September 11th attacks, and Supreme Court arguments on a pivotal campaign finance case. 05:54
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Washington Week | Sept. 4, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
The President's address on health care reform, the Administration's trumpeting of an economic turn-around even as high unemployment still looms, and the potential for a change in strategy in Afghanistan. ... 05:54
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Washington Week | August 28, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
The life of Senator Ted Kennedy, the re-appointment of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, and Attorney General Eric Holder's selection of a special prosecutor to investigate CIA interrogation techniques. ... 05:54
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Washington Week | August 21, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
Discuss the fact and the fiction swirling around the health care debate, shedding light -- rather than heat -- on the important concerns about improving health care for all Americans. 12:54
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Washington Week | Aug. 14, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
The health care debate, preparations for the H1N1 flu season, violence in Afghanistan, and Hillary Clinton's 11-day trip to Africa. 05:54
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Washington Week | Aug. 7, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
Obama administration's on taxes and the new unemployment numbers, Congress's recess plans as the health care debate shifts into a new gear and President Clinton's trip to North Korea. 05:54
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Washington Week | July 31, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
The President's strategy to keep health care reform afloat, the gauging of the economy and what a beer break featuring a professor, a cop and the President really means. 05:54
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Washington Week | July 24, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
The arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., health care six months into the Obama presidency, Massachusetts's universal health program and whether unemployment and deficits are slowing the economic recovery. ... 05:54
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Washington Week | July 17, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
Sotomayor on her judicial philosophy, health care reform bills, the Bush-era CIA plan to assassinate Al Qaeda leaders and economists' warnings that the President's outlook may be too rosy. 05:54
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Washington Week | July 10, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
Obama's meetings with world leaders in Italy, Russia and Ghana, health care reform hurdles in Congress, and the GOP's reaction to Governor Palin's resignation. 05:55
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Washington Week | July 3, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
US troops' pull back in Iraq, Obama's relationship with Democrats in Congress, the Minnesota Senate race and the Supreme Court ruling in the New Haven Firefighters case. 05:55
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Washington Week | June 26, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
Obama's stance against violence in Iran, his relationship with the press, two Supreme Court decisions, and the South Carolina governor's startling revelation. 05:55
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Washington Week | June 19, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
The protests following election results in Iran; the White House plan for financial regulatory reform; the price tag that sparked debate over healthcare and Obama's navigation of tough political terrain ... 05:55
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Washington Week | June 12, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS
In this online-only extra, Washington Week moderator Gwen Ifill and panel discuss President Obama's health care reform pitch, why ten banks are giving back government bailout funds and New Jersey and ... 05:54




























