RAY SUAREZ: For more on the possible chemical attack, I'm joined by Jeffrey White, a former senior analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency, now at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Amy Smithson, a senior fellow at the James Martin

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GWEN IFILL: Now we look at how the Supreme Court's rulings on same-sex marriage are being interpreted across the country. Ray Suarez has our story. RAY SUAREZ: The June decisions on the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8 didn't en

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HARI SREENIVASAN: So how different is the U.S. system versus the Dutch system? JUSTIN FOX: Well, the U.S. system started out after World War II a bit like the Dutch system -- it was corporations providing pensions for people. And that kind of fell ap

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JUDY WOODRUFF: After decades of global condemnation over the practices, China today announced the easing ofone controversial government policy and the abolishment of another. Jeffrey Brown explains. JEFFREY BROWN: The announcement heralded the bigges

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JEFFREY BROWN: Now the story of a Catholic priest's journey as a doctor ministering through 25 years of Haiti's recent history.Fred De Sam Lazaro has the latest in our Agents for Change series. A version of this report aired on the PBS program Religi

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GWEN IFILL: A recently released movie about the peculiar institution known as slavery in America is drawing attention and praise for an emotional and brutal portrayal largely unseen in Hollywood. 12 Years a Slave, directed by Steve McQueen, is based

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JUDY WOODRUFF: What must Al-Jazeera do to win that fight? We explore the challenges ahead with Deborah Potter, a former reporter for CBS News and CNN who is now executive director of News Lab, a resource center for television and radio news organizat

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JUDY WOODRUFF: And we travel now to Senegal, considered one of West Africa's rising nations, home to a stable democracy with plans for universal health care and education, but where a troubling human rights crisis persists. Kira Kay of the Bureau for

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GWEN IFILL: Now a conversation with the senior senator from Massachusetts about her new book, A Fighting Chance. Judy Woodruff recorded this interview last week. JUDY WOODRUFF: A professor of bankruptcy law at Harvard University, a consumer protectio

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JUDY WOODRUFF: And we are joined now by the man tasked with protecting the country from future terrorist attacks, among other things. As secretary of homeland security, Jeh Johnson oversees some 240,000 workers, spread across 22 government agencies.

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GWEN IFILL: A small American team of military, law enforcement and hostage negotiators is arriving in Nigeria today to help the girls. For more on that effort, I'm joined by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfiel

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STEPHEN FEE: It was just after 2pm on December 30, 2013 when the calls began streaming in. Two trains had collided just half a mile outside Casselton, North Dakota, one loaded with grain, the other with crude oil. Volunteer fire chief Tim McLean head

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HARI SREENIVASAN: The United Nations Security Council today condemned the Islamist militant group Boko Haram over the kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls. This came as more criticism mounted against the government for not doing more to res

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JUDY WOODRUFF: The woman who will likely be the new face of the health care law testified today on Capitol Hill. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the president's budget director, is Mr. Obama's nominee to replace Kathleen Sebelius as secretary of health and h

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JUDY WOODRUFF: First lady Michelle Obama late today tweeted a picture of herself holding up a sign with the hashtag #bringbackourgirls. Jeffrey Brown picks up the story here. JEFFREY BROWN: And for a closer look at the situation in Nigeria and here i

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JEFFREY BROWN: And we take a close look now at the situation, with Carl LeVan, an assistant professor at American University's School of International Service, and Mojubaolu Okome, a professor of African and women's studies at Brooklyn College. And l

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Now a conversation with former President Jimmy Carter. His newest book is A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power. I spoke with him late today about the commitment by him and the Carter Center to fight discrimination and

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GWEN IFILL: The escalating crisis between Russia and Ukraine was a key topic as world leaders met today in Amsterdam. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner has been traveling in Ukraine for the past week and has this report. MARGARET WA

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GWEN IFILL: As Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced yesterday, the Pentagon is grappling with what to keep and what to cut in a time of tight budgets and national security challenges. At the Air Force, leaders have set their sights on grounding a

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JUDY WOODRUFF:The House of Representatives today approved a bill to fund the government through Saturday, and sent it to the Senate. It buys three more days to pass a $1.1 trillion spending bill for the rest of the fiscal year. The omnibus measure fl

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