10 posts tagged lara logan

I just watched Laura Logan’s 60 Minutes report on an amazing platoon of Special Forces that got ambushed by the Taliban 12 KM south of Kandahar. Its truly inspirational and well worth watching. What is scary is the part in the end where the Special Forces Major talks about how the Taliban have learned US infantry tactics, command and control.

Monday, Monday. Above is Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Message From a Heavy Weight" and when you want to blame someone for Florida being stripped of delegates, look no further than Donna Brazile. Of course if you're looking at Donna Brazile, there's not much chance you can look around her.

In a news brief on Monday’s CBS "Early Show" correspondent Lara Logan reported on recent violence in Baghdad as a result of militia forces of Muqtada al Sadr: "The streets of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad have become a bloody battleground...This eyewitness describing the fighting on his street says 'one person was killed, and a child was also killed there.

So, everyone feeling patriotic? If it wasn't for the crazy-cold weather this week, you would swear it was early July rather than February! I realize they had their hands full building that platform three stories in the air in order to make AF1 the backdrop, but did no one notice the, er, stick going through Anderson's head in this shot? I couldn't take my eyes of it...  Ahh, this is better.

Meet Lara Logan, the the Chief Foreign Correspondent for CBS News. See her hot photos, videos and biography here. Lara Logan Lara Logan landed an exclusive interview with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, which aired on 60 Minutes, the first interview since the death of Benazir Bhutto on December 27th.

Back in September, when General David Petraeus reported that the surge in U.S. troops had improved the security situation in Iraq, the big three broadcast networks were openly skeptical. "Insurgent attacks are down from 170 in January to 120 in August," ABC's Terry McCarthy noted on the September 9 World News Sunday, the day before Petraeus testified before Congress.

Are U.S. journalists missing the news right in front of their eyes? Even as the violence ebbs and Iraqi refugees are returning home by the thousands, a new survey of Iraq war correspondents finds most are still deeply pessimistic about conditions in Iraq, with one in six (15%) saying that they believe

Finally catching up with ABC and NBC, the night before Thanksgiving the CBS Evening News turned to chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan for a look at how conditions are improving in Iraq. But the story from Logan, who just over a month ago insisted that “we're doing extremely badly,” was more

Nearing the end of 2007 can only mean one thing: it’s time for lists. The Most Inspirational, The Sexiest, and The Most Fascinating. Lists of Fill-In-The-Blank People of the Year are starting to hit airwaves and newsstands. Glamour magazine is out of the gate with its “Women of the Year” profiles featured in the December issue.

Have you ever had a day where you are reminded just how fortunate you are? For me, today is one of those days. I started out the day in bed sicker than a dog, feeling very sorry for myself that I've had such a crappy year health-wise.