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February 21, 2004

• John Edwards Serious Challenger To Kerry? Mel Gibson's "Passion" Anti-Semetic? New Poll: Bush Loses to Kerry, Edwards

February 14, 2004

• Will Rumors Of Kerry's Infidelity Hurt His Campaign?; President Bush Authorizes Release Of National Guard Records; Latest Poll: Dean Behind Kerry By 42 Points In Wisconsin

February 07, 2004

• Election Year Politics

January 31, 2004

• David Kay: "We Were Almost All Wrong"; Howard Dean Attacks John Kerry About Effectivness In Congress; John Kerry, New Ad Focuses On National Security

January 24, 2004

• New Hampshire Democratic Presidential Primary Race

January 10, 2004

• President Bush Immigration Plan To Give "Illegals" Guest Worker Status; Howard Dean Endorsed By Iowa Senator Tom Harkin; Has the Bush administration turned the corner in Iraq?

January 03, 2004

• Al Gore Endorses Howard Dean; John Ashcroft No Longer Investigating White House Leak; How Are Americans Looking At Mad Cow Scare?

December 27, 2003

• Bush Administration Changes Threat Level To Orange; Suicide Bomber In Israel Dampens Holiday Spirit; Capital Gang's Predictions For 2004

December 20, 2003

• Al Gore Endorses Howard Dean; What Does Saddam's Capture Mean For Effort In Iraq?; Louisiana Senator John Breaux Retires

December 13, 2003

• Al Gore Endorses Howard Dean; Presiden Bush Admonishes Taiwan On Recent Referendum; Supreme Court Upholds Campaign Finance Reform Legislation

December 06, 2003

• Bush Administration Lifts Steel Tariffs; Interview With Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin; California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Struggles With Budget Deficit

November 29, 2003

• Reaction To President Bush's Surprise Visit To Baghdad; Congressional Session Ends Today With Mixed Results; Are Democratic Presidential Candidates Destroying Each Other?

November 23, 2003

• House Passes President Bush's Medicare Bill; President Bush Vows To Stay Tough On Middle East; Massachusets Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Gay Civil Marriage

November 15, 2003

• Bremer Meets With Bush; Republican Senators Stage Talk-a-Thon; Shakeups at Kerry's Campaign Headquarters

November 09, 2003

• Democrats Memo Proposes To Take Political Advantage Of War In Iraq; Howard Dean's Comment About "Poor White Southerners" Puts Him In Hot Water; Republicans Gain Governorship Of Kentucky, Mississippi

November 01, 2003

• President Bush Forces Congress To Make All $87 Billion Grant For Iraq; Number Of Attacks On Americans In Iraq Has Doubled; Who Will Win Governor Election In Kentucky?

October 25, 2003

• Memo Shows Secretary Rumsfeld's Concerns About War On Terror; Supreme Court Overturns Partial Birth Abortion Ban; Howard Dean Ad Attacks Fellow Running Mates, Bush Administration On Healthcare, Iraq

October 18, 2003

• U.N. Security Council Voted Unanimously For Resolution In Iraq; After New Hampshire and Iowa, How Will Democratic Hopefuls Fare?; Was Palestinian Authority Partially At Fault For Attack On Coalition In Gaza?

October 11, 2003

• Arnold Schwarzenegger Gets Ready To Take Office; Condoleezza Rice To Head Rebuilding In Iraq; Isreal Attacks Terrorist Camp In Syria, Syrian Government Says It Was A Civilian Refugee Camp

October 04, 2003

• Is The CIA Leak A Major Crisis For The Bush Administration?; Chief Weapons Inspector Kay, No Weapons Of Mass Destruction Found; Is Arnold Schwarzenegger In Trouble?

September 27, 2003

• Bush Administration Continues To Ask United Nations Help In Rebuilding Iraq; Who Will Win, If Any, The California Recall Election? Interview With Madeleine Albright

September 21, 2003

• Did Sen. Ed Kennedy Attack On Bush Administration Go Too Far?; A Study Of Wesley Clark As Presidential Candidate; Capital Gang Discusses Dick Grasso's Resignation From New York Stock Exchange

September 20, 2003

• Kennedy Criticizes White House; Clark Announces Run for Presidency; Recall Election Postponed

September 13, 2003

• Presidents Call For More Money Greeted In Congress With Support, Criticism; News HBO Show Redefines Television; Did Howard Dean Blunder By Being Too Harsh On Israel?

September 06, 2003

• Colin Powell Introduces New Resolution To U.N. Seeking International Help; Senator Kerry Returns To First Choice In New Poll; Federal Judge Appointee Miguel Estrada Removes Name From Consideration

August 30, 2003

• North Korea To Pronounce Itself A Nuclear Power; President Bush, Iraq Test Of War On Terror; Zogby Poll Shows Dean 21 Points Ahead Of Pack

August 23, 2003

• Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas Pleads For Israeli Restraint; Does The U.S. Need More Help In Iraq; More Troops?; Bill Simon Pulls Out Of California Race

August 16, 2003

• Northeast Power Outage Calls For Change, But Who Will Step Up?; Lieutenant-Governor Cruz Bustamonte Has Slight Lead In New Poll; Liberian President Charles Taylor Resigns

August 09, 2003

• Bay Buchanan Speaks About Politics, California, And Other Matters; Alan Cooperman Speaks On Possible Schism Within Anglican/Episcopal Community

August 02, 2003

• President Bush Takes Responsibility For Intelligence Info; President met with Ariel Sharon; Gay Marriage: Political Quagmire?

July 26, 2003

• Were Deaths Of Hussein Brothers A Big Step To Peace In Iraq?; Are We Covering Up Saudi Arabia's Support Of Terrorists?; Are Recent Partisan Events In Congress Connected?

July 19, 2003

• Will Gray Davis Remain Govenor Of Californaia?; Can The Bush Administraion Turn This Economy Around?; Will U.S. Troops Be Welcomed In Liberia?

July 12, 2003

• Discussion of False Statement in State of the Union Address. Will President Bush Send Troops to Liberia? A Debate About Medicare Reform.

July 05, 2003

• Special Independence Day Edition

June 28, 2003

• Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action; Separate Versions of Medicaid Reform Pass House, Senate; Dean Announces Run for Presidency

June 21, 2003

• House International Relations Committee Stops WMD Investigation; Nation's Roman Catholic Bishops Meet in St. Louis; Should Lobbyist Lead GOP?

June 15, 2003

• Israel Launches Attacks in Gaza Strip; Medicare Revision Makes Progress in Congress; Hillary Clinton Hits Talk Show Circuit

June 14, 2003

• Israel Launches Attacks in Gaza Strip; Medicare Revision Makes Progress in Congress; Hillary Clinton Hits Talk Show Circuit

June 07, 2003

• Bush Attends Peace Summit in Jordan; Democrats Take Aim at Bush's Tax Cut; What Will Political Fallout Be From Hillary Clinton's Book?

May 31, 2003

• Rudolph Captured; Bush Turns Attention to Iran; Zbigniew Brzezinski Discusses Middle East

May 24, 2003

• Congress Approves Tax Cut; U.S. on High Alert; Fleischer Resigns

May 17, 2003

• Terrorist Bombings in Saudi Arabia Kill 34; Senate Narrowly Passes Tax Cut; Raines Has No Intention of Resigning

May 10, 2003

• House, Senate Advance Separate Tax Proposals; Democrats Complain About Bush's Aircraft Carrier Speech; Graham Will Run for President

May 03, 2003

• Bush Addresses Nation From Aircraft Carrier Deck; Judges Strike Down Key Provisions of McCain-Feingold; Congress Returns From Recess

April 26, 2003

• Iraqis Blame U.S. Forces for Explosion in Baghdad; Gingrich Takes Aim at State Department; Bush Pushes Tax Cuts

April 19, 2003

• Iraqi Exiles Meet to Start Forming Government; Is Bush Bringing Democracy to Mideast?; Bush Hits Road to Sell Tax Cuts

April 12, 2003

• With Saddam Hussein's Military Force Basically Defeated, Have Those Who Predicted a Cakewalk Been Vindicated?

April 06, 2003

• War in Iraq

March 15, 2003

• U.S. Efforts to Win U.N. Support Undermined by France; Bush Lays Down Road Map to Israeli-Palestinian Peace; Congress Approves Budget

March 08, 2003

• Bush Challenges U.N.; Are U.S. Forces Closing in on bin Laden?; Bush Promotes Reforms for Medical Malpractice, Prescription Drugs

March 01, 2003

• Iraq Destroys 4 Al Samoud Missiles; Bush Wants Democracy in Middle East; Bob Graham Will Run for President in '04

February 22, 2003

• Millions March to Protest War With Iraq; Nation's Governors Meet in Washington Tomorrow; Interview With Sir Christopher Meyer

February 15, 2003

• Weapons Report on Iraq Evokes Negative U.S. Reaction; Government Raises Alert Status; Senators Refuse Confirmation Vote on Estrada

February 08, 2003

• Powell Makes Case Against Iraq; Bush Submits Budget to Congress; Will Space Program Be Continued?

January 25, 2003

• Bush Administration Sets Scene for Iraq War; Bush Previews State of Union Address; Interview With Steve Sabol

January 18, 2003

• Inspectors Discover Empty Warheads Near Baghdad; Is University of Michigan's Admission Policy Constitutional?; Lieberman to Run for President

January 11, 2003

• Bush Unveils Economic Plan; White House Modifies Stance on North Korea; Daschle Stuns Political Community

January 04, 2003

• North Korea Expels Nuclear Weapons Experts; Bush to Announce Economic Plan; Edwards Announces Run for Presidency

December 28, 2002

• Frist Elected Senate Majority Leader; Year in Review

December 21, 2002

• Lott Steps Down; U.S. Declares Iraq in Material Breach of U.N. Resolution; Gore Drops Out of '04 Presidential Race

December 14, 2002

• Lott Apologizes for Remarks at Thurmond's Party; North Korea Breaks Nuclear Proliferation Treaty; Bush Picks New Economic Team

December 07, 2002

• Iraq Submits Weapons Declaration; Bush Administration Sacks Two Top Economic Officials; Kerry Kicks Off Presidential Campaign

November 30, 2002

• Kissinger to Head 9/11 Commission; Inspectors Resume Work Inside Iraq; Interview With Helene Gayle

November 23, 2002

• U.N. Weapons Inspectors Return to Baghdad; Is Al Gore Running for President?; 'Beyond the Beltway': A Look at Israeli Politics
• U.N. Weapons Inspectors Return to Baghdad; Is Al Gore Running for President?

November 16, 2002

• Iraq Accepts U.N. Weapons Inspectors; Pelosi, DeLay Become Party Leaders in Congress; Interview With Lindsey Graham

November 09, 2002

• Republicans Regain Control of Senate; Gephardt Steps Down as House Minority Leader; U.N. Adopts Iraq Resolution

November 05, 2002

• America Votes 2002: Capital Gang Election Edition

November 02, 2002

• In-Depth Look at Election 2002

October 26, 2002

• Is Wellstone's Death Going to Impact Balance of Power?; Bush Campaigns for Republicans; Sniper Suspects Apprehended

October 19, 2002

• Calls for National Gun Fingerprinting Intensify; North Korea Admits to Secret Nuclear Weapons Program; Congress Ends Working Session

October 12, 2002

• Congress Authorizes Use of Force in Iraq; Bush Calls on Longshoremen to Reopen West Coast Ports; Interview With Ted Sorensen

October 05, 2002

• Will Congress Give Bush Broad Authority to Wage War?; Torricelli Back Out of Senate Race; Gore Critiques Bush's Economic Policies

September 21, 2002

• Will Congress Authorize Preemptive Strike Against Iraq?; White House Reverses Position on Independent 9/11 Commission

September 14, 2002

• U.N. Hears Bush's Case Against Hussein; Who Are Political Losers in This Year's Primaries?; Interview With David Halberstam
• THE CAPITAL GANG

September 07, 2002

• Bush Tries to Make Case for Regime Change in Iraq; Senate Rejects Priscilla Owen; Cuomo Bows Out of Primary

August 31, 2002

• Cheney Calls for Preemptive Strike on Iraq; Hatfill Takes on Ashcroft; Baseball Strike Averted

August 24, 2002

• Bush Suggests Force Not the Only Way to beat Saddam; Government Finally Makes Enron Arrest; Pope Makes Homecoming in Poland

August 17, 2002

• Greenspan Declines to Cut Interest Rates; Politicians Try to Blame Each Other For Recession; Is Global Warming Just Bunk?

August 10, 2002

• Opposition Emerges on Iraq Strike; Israelis and Palestinians Attempt to End Impasse; Dingell Smashes Michigan Competition

August 03, 2002

• Foreign Relations Committee Ponders War; Drug Bill Fails to Emerge; Torricelli Reprimanded but not Penalized

July 27, 2002

• Congress Passes Corporate Governance Bill; Gaza Missile Attack Ignites Furor; Bush Issues Veto Threat on Homeland Security Bill

July 20, 2002

• Stock Market Tumbles While Congress Debates Proper Remedy; Party Line Splits Emerge on Homeland Security; New Yorkers Insult WTC Plans as Resembling Albany

July 13, 2002

• Bush Takes Heat on Corporate Governance; House Wants Guns on Airplanes; Has Baseball Lost Touch?

July 06, 2002

• Is Bush Planning to Invade Iraq?; Gore Blames Consultants for Campaign Loss; U.S. Investigates Afghan Civilian Deaths

June 29, 2002

• Corporate Scandals Add Up; Israeli Industrialist Has Vision For Middle East; How Well Does the Government Fight Fires?

June 22, 2002

• Is a Provisional Palestinian State in the Works?; White House Seeks Source of Leaks; Supreme Court Decision on Executions Causes Furor

June 15, 2002

• Democrats Question Timing of Ashcroft Announcement; Did the Government Unfairly Destroy Andersen?; U.S. Surprises Many at World Cup

June 08, 2002

• New Article Shines Spotlight into Bush White House

June 01, 2002

• FBI Announces Sweeping Reforms; U.S. Calls on Musharraf to Stop Raids Into Kashmir; Why Do Europeans Dislike Bush?

May 25, 2002

• Are New Terrorism Warnings Real?; Should Airline Pilots Be Armed?; Interview With Senator Sam Brownback

May 18, 2002

• Is Bush in Trouble Over 9-11 Warnings?; Are Russians Becoming America's Allies?; Interview With Bernard Aronson

May 11, 2002

• Are Israelis Going to Move Troops Into Gaza?; Is Bush Winning on Domestic Policies?; Interview With Letitia Baldrige

May 04, 2002

• Do Partisan Politics Hurt Mideast Peace Efforts?; Will Five More Years of Musharraf Ensure Pakistani Support of U.S. War?

April 27, 2002

• What was the Result of the Cardinal Meeting in Rome? How Much Face Has Bush Lost?

April 20, 2002

• Did the Powell Mission to Mideast Fail?; Bush's Proposal to Drill in ANWR Defeated; Pope John Paul II Summons Heads of American Catholic Church

April 13, 2002

• Can Powell Achieve Peace?; Is Mideast Crisis Doing Damage to Bush's Presidency?; Should Cardinal Law Resign?

April 06, 2002

• Bush Changes Policy in Middle East; Is Bush Declaring Hussein's Days Numbered?; Interview With Father Thomas Hartman

March 30, 2002

• Special Edition: A Look at the Middle East Crisis