Diving into June jobs report
The June jobs report is out from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and it shows a solid labor market despite economic uncertainty. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady has more.
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Possible economic impact of Trump budget bill
House Republicans are struggling to reach a consensus on President Trump's budget bill. The legislation passed the Senate on Tuesday, but some Republican holdouts in the House aren't happy with the changes made in the upper chamber. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports.
Trump announces U.S. trade deal with Vietnam
President Trump on Wednesday announced a trade deal between the U.S. and Vietnam. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady has the details.
Trump announces U.S. has reached trade deal with Vietnam
President Trump announced the outline of a trade agreement with Vietnam Wednesday on Truth Social.
Mississippi executes state's longest-serving death row inmate
Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.
Vietnam vets who left school for service get diplomas over six decades later
Operation Recognition is a program through the Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs that's given more than 100 veterans a chance to receive their high school diplomas.
Octogenarian veterans finally graduate high school
Nearly four million U.S. high school students are graduating this year. Most are teenagers, but in Muscatine, Iowa, octogenarians are also receiving their diplomas. That's because more than six decades ago, they left school early to serve in the Vietnam War. Lana Zak has the story.
From the 60 Minutes Archive: Rescue
From 2013, Lesley Stahl profiles John Riordan, an assistant bank manager who assisted in the escape of 105 Vietnamese colleagues and their families during the fall of Saigon.
Almanac: The 1969 draft lottery
As the war in Vietnam raged on and anger about U.S. involvement burned in protests across the country, a lottery was held on December 1, 1969 in order to address perceived inequities in military conscription. Lee Cowan reports.
The U.S. presidency during the Vietnam War
Documentary filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick discuss their latest project, "The Vietnam War," examining how multiple U.S. presidents dealt with that war.
"The Vietnam War" explores U.S., Viet Cong perspectives
The latest project from documentary filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick looks at the U.S. war in Vietnam through the eyes of both U.S. and North Vietnamese soldiers.
From the archives: Ambush
In this report first broadcast on the "CBS Evening News" on November 11, 1982, correspondent Bruce Morton talks with Vietnam War veterans who journeyed to Washington, D.C., to pay tribute to friends who died while serving with them in 1967.
Remembering the lost platoon
Clifford Rountree, Kenny Barker and Victor Renza were three American soldiers in Vietnam whose platoon was ambushed in May 1967. Twenty-two of their comrades were killed. John Blackstone reports on how that battle shaped the lives of the survivors, and how some of them spent the anniversary of that battle, fifty years later.
Gerald Ford's son reflects on Operation Babylift
In April 1975, during the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War, there were some 3,000 babies in the country that had been fathered by U.S. servicemen. President Gerald Ford moved urgently, and Operation Babylift was born, flying more than 2,500 of those children to the United States. Jim Axelrod reports.
A very personal "thank you for your service"
John Metzler says a letter he received on the battlefield on Christmas Day 1970 from a sixth-grade girl helped him get through the Vietnam War. It was a simple note, with a simple message: "Thank you." Today, Metzler prizes the letter and its sentiment, and always wondered what happened to the little girl who wrote it. Steve Hartman was there when he found out.
MIA Wife
Where is Mike Bosiljevac, Captain, U.S. Air Force? Is he dead? A prisoner of war of the North Vietnamese? A prisoner of the Chinese? Mike's wife, Kay, is fighting for information about her husband as she raises their two young children alone.
The Island
In his emotional debut on 60 Minutes, Ed Bradley walks straight into the waters off Malaysia to help the "boat people," an exodus of Vietnamese refugees, as they stagger onto the beach of a Pulau Bidong, a remote island where thousands of desperate families are stranded.
Lest We Forget
Morley Safer looks back at the controversy surrounding the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and meets its young designer, Maya Lin. Then, Safer checks in with Lin and one of her design's most outspoken critics 18 years after the memorial was dedicated.
Be Good, Smile Pretty
For 32 years, Tracy Tragos never knew her father who was killed in the Vietnam War. Then, an accidental discovery launched a life-changing project that took her all the way to Vietnam. Bob Simon reports.
Why Tillerson said yes
Tillerson says he was never drafted to Vietnam. So when chosen for secretary of state, he felt it was his duty
"The Takeout" in Hanoi
This week on "The Takeout" CBS News Radio correspondent Steven Portnoy hosts from Hanoi, Vietnam following President Trump's meeting with Kim Jong Un.
French leader's office downplays "moment of togetherness" with wife
French President Emmanuel Macron's wife Brigitte appeared to push his face away as they arrived in Vietnam. An official in his office says they were just "decompressing."
Vets in Congress clean Vietnam War memorial
Reps. Seth Moulton, Zach Nunn and Don Davis — all members of the For Country Caucus — cleaned the Vietnam Memorial last week, despite an all night session.
Congressmen clean Vietnam memorial to honor fallen
In the early morning rain, a group of congressmen -- some still in suits after an all-night voting session -- cleaned the memorial to the 58,000 Americans killed in the Vietnam War. Margaret Brennan has more.
Pan Am stewardesses recall Saigon rescue
This week marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon, effectively ending the Vietnam War. In those waning days, emergency evacuations of U.S. civilians turned to chaos. Elizabeth Cook has the story of a group of flight attendants who flew right into the turbulence unfolding on the ground.
U.S. military removes bombers from U.K. air base following security incident
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