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February 12, 2007
• Pentagon Charges Iran With Supplying Weapons to Shiite Extremists in Iraq; Accidental Drug Overdoses on the Rise


February 09, 2007
• U.S. Military Investigating Insurgent Videotape of Downed Chopper; Arms Bazaar; Investigators Query Intel on Saddam, al Qaeda


February 08, 2007
• Confronting Iran; Showdown Over Iraq


February 07, 2007
• Chopper Down in Iraq; Political Battle Over Iraq; Iraq Fraud Charges


February 06, 2007
• Deadlock Over Iraq; Iraqi Lawmaker Helping Iran?


February 05, 2007
• New Baghdad Violence: Security Operations Intensifies; Deadlock in Congress on Iraq War Resolutions; Bush's Budget


February 02, 2007
• New Intel Report: Iraq is 'Daunting' Challenge, Senator Clinton Promises Bold Action to End Iraq War, Deadly Tornadoes Hit Florida, U.N. Report Warns of Global Warming


February 01, 2007
• General George Casey Grilled; Showdown Over Iraq; Intelligence Battle


January 31, 2007
• Al-Maliki: Friend or Foe?; President Bush Meets With Nancy Pelosi, Other Lawmakers After Their Trip to Iraq; GOP Backlash; Iran's Meddling


January 30, 2007
• War Powers Battle; Admiral Fallon: May be Time to Redefine Iraq Goals; Broken Borders


January 29, 2007
• Bush Warns Iran; Insurgents Fight Big Battle Near Najaf


January 26, 2007
• Showdown Over Iraq; Cold-Blooded Murder of U.S. Soldiers in Iraq; War on the Middle Class


January 25, 2007
• U.S. Increasing Troop Numbers in Afghanistan; Dems Accuse Cheney of Being 'Delusional' on Iraq


January 24, 2007
• Senate Committee Rejects Bush's Plan to Send Reinforcements to Iraq; Interview With Senator Webb; Texas Governor Sends National Guard to Mexico Border


January 23, 2007
• President Bush to Urge Dems to Work With Him; Most Voters Say Bush Presidency a Failure; Chaos in Iraq


January 22, 2007
• New Iraq Violence After Attacks on U.S. Troops; Top GOP Senator Now Opposes Troop Rise; Border Drug War


January 19, 2007
• Escalating Political Battle Over Conduct Of War In Iraq; Concerns China Could Spark Dangerous Arms Race In Space; New Developments In Case Of Two Imprisoned Former U.S. Border Patrol Agents; New Indications That Border Fence Project Is Losing Support; House of Representatives Votes To Cut $14 Billion In Subsidies For Nation's Richest Oil Companies


January 18, 2007
• Beijing Successfully Tests Missile That Can Destroy U.S. Satellites; Nuri al-Maliki Today blasted President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; A growing Republican Revolt In Congress; White House Refusing To Pardon Two Former Border Patrol Agents; Senator Jay Rockefeller Interview; Congressman Dennis Kucinich Interview; Charlie Crist Interview


January 17, 2007
• Top Democrats And Leading Republican Join Forces To Challenge President's Conduct Of Iraq War; White House To Allow Federal Court To Oversee Warrantless Wiretap Program; Members Of Congress Lashed Out At President Bush Over Inaction In Border Patrol Agent Case; Democratic Congress Passes Legislation To Cut Interest Rates On Student Loans By Half; Duncan Hunter Interview


January 16, 2007
• Insurgents Kill 107 Iraqis In Baghdad; U.S. Commander In Afghanistan Says He Needs More Troops; Federal Investigators Say Pentagon Has Sold Surplus U.S. Military Equipment To Dangerous Adversaries; Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean Preparing To Report To Prison; Jury Selection Begins In Scooter Libby Trial; James Clyburn Interview


January 15, 2007
• Bush's Hard Sell; Is DHS Outsourcing Security?


January 12, 2007
• Some Of Bush's Staunchest Allies Say They Are Not Ready To Support Sending More Troops To Iraq; Opinion Poll Shows President Bush Failed To Convince American People To Support Troop Increase In Iraq; Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean Awaiting Word On Request To Remain Free On Bond; Exemption To Minimum Wage Law Focus Of Republicans


January 11, 2007
• Democrats And Even Some Republicans Blast President Bush's Plan To Send Additional Troops Into Iraq; Congress Grills Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates over President Bush's New Iraq Strategy; a Democratic Proposal To Alleviate Cost Of Prescriptions Could Trigger Showdown in Congress; Interview With Michigan Senator Carl Levin


January 10, 2007
• President Bush Will To Announce Plan To Send At Least 21,000 More U.S. Troops To Iraq; Some In Congress Working To Keep Two Border Patrol Agents Out Of Jail; House of Representatives Votes To Raise Federal Minimum Wage; Dana Rohrabacher Interview; Election Victories in Latin America Sweep Three Hard-Line Socialists Into Office


January 09, 2007
• Heaviest Fighting in Baghdad in Months; Terror Hunt in Somalia; President Bush Making Final Preparations For Speech To Nation About Iraq War; American Farmers Claim Unfair Burden From Laws Requiring Verification Of Workers' Legal Status; Ike Skelton Interview; Americans Highways Being Sold To Highest Bidder


January 08, 2007
• President Bush to Address Nation on Iraq Wednesday; Democrats Threatening to Withhold Funding for War; Battle Plan


January 05, 2007
• President Bush Due to Give Iraq Speech Next Week; Military Shakeup; Strategy Under Fire In Iraq; Jesse Jackson Interview


January 04, 2007
• Democrats Promise New Era Of Bipartisanship On Capitol Hill; Nancy Pelosi Becomes First Woman Speaker Of The House; Major Change At Top Of Intelligence Community; Chinese CNOOC Pledging $16 billion To Develop Iranian Natural Gas Fields; Plans For Tighter Security At Vulnerable Port; Brian Bilbray Interview; Tom Lantos Interview


January 03, 2007
• Battle on the Hill; Bush Calls for Unity to Tackle Nation's Problems; U.S. Military Outlines New Plans for the Iraqi Army


January 02, 2007
• President Bush to Announce New Iraq Strategy Next Week; Democrats Promising Bold Agenda in First 100 Hours


January 01, 2007
• Encore Presentation: War on the Middle Class


December 29, 2006
• Saddam Hussein's Fate; Bush's Iraq Strategy?


December 28, 2006
• Carnage in Iraq; President Bush Holds Iraq Strategy Talks With National Security Team; Battle for Somalia


December 27, 2006
• Former President Gerald Ford's Career Was Lifetime Of Public Service; Presence Of National Guard Has Contributed To Drop-Off In Number Of Illegal Aliens Crossing Border; Shift In Power On Capitol Hill Expected To Create New Breed Of Corporate Lobbyists; Two Iranians Detained by U.S. In Iraq May Have Posed Serious Threat To U.S. Troops; Peter Navarro Discusses New Book


December 26, 2006
• Insurgents In Iraq Today Launched Series Of Deadly Bomb Attacks Against U.S. Troops And Iraqis; President Bush Likely To Consider Possible Troop Surge In Iraq; U.S. Troops Holding Several Iranian Officials In Iraq; Pro-Amnesty Lawmakers Preparing To Offer Citizenship To Millions More Illegal Aliens; Program To Modernize Coast Guard Fleet In Deep Trouble; Lou Barletta Interview; New Report Says Schools In Poorest States Shortchanged


December 22, 2006
• White House Refuses To Pardon Two Border Patrol Agents; Federal Government On A Spending Spree; Outrage Continues Over Remarks About Muslims Elected To Congress; Space Shuttle Discovery Touched Down At Kennedy Space Center; Venezuela Selling American Voting Machine Company; Captain Smiley's Dedication To Service Now Inspiring Fellow Soldiers


December 21, 2006
• Defense Secretary Visits With U.S. Troops in Iraq; Presidential Pardon Sought For Border Patrol Agents


December 20, 2006
• Defense Secretary Robert Gates Visits Iraq; Child Care Costs Soar; President Bush Ponders Permanent Increase in Size of Army and Marine Corps; Former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore May Seek Presidential Run


December 19, 2006
• President Bush Wants To Increase Size Of Military; More Violence In Gaza; Vice President Cheney To Be Defense Witness For Scooter Libby; Former Employers Sue Company For Hiring Illegal Immigrants; Hope Fading For Two Climbers Missing On Oregon's Mt. Hood


December 18, 2006
• New Defense Secretary Takes Over; United States to Share Nuclear Technology With India; Violent Crime on the Rise in America


December 15, 2006
• At Donald Rumsfeld's Formal Sendoff President Bush Lavished Praise On Him; President Considering New Options For Military Strategy; Lawmakers Organizing Their Own Freelance Missions To Engage Foreign Countries; Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Heading Home From China; Federal Officials Announce Plans To Protect Trains Carrying Toxic Chemicals From Terrorist Attacks


December 14, 2006
• War on the Middle Class
• Top Army General: U.S. Army Could Break; President Bush Considering Iraq Strategy Options; Senator Tim Johnson's Condition Remains Critical; Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Doesn't Seem Willing To Take Tough Action Against China; Michael Chertoff Gives Bleak Assessment Of Ability To Secure Southern Border; Union Officials Says ICE Agents Terrorized Workers in Raid; Dire Warning About U.S. Students Being Outpaced By Foreign Students


December 13, 2006
• Bush Considering All Options on Iraq; Top Senate Democrat Blasts Bush on Iraq Strategy; Iraq Troop Increase?; Mitt Romney Authorizes Training Of Massachusetts State Police For Immigration Enforcement; Rosa DeLauro Interview


December 12, 2006
• President Bush Will Delay Announcement of any Changes in Iraq Strategy Until New Year; Carnage in Iraq; Federal Agents Raid Meat- Packing Plants in Crackdown on Illegal Immigration; Increase in Food Importation Raises Concern on Safety of Food Supply; George Miller Interview


December 11, 2006
• President Bush Begins Three Days Of Intensive Consultations About Strategy Of Iraq War; Democrat Under Investigation Just Won Reelection And Is Demanding Powerful Committee Seat Back; Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Leading Top-Level Government Delegation To Beijing; Investigation Into Poisoning Assassination Of Alexander Litvinenko Developing On Three Fronts; Gary Ackerman Interview; Ted Poe, Walter Jones Interview


December 08, 2006
• President Bush Meets Congressional Leaders Discussing Strategy In Iraq; Rumsfeld Still Believes United States Has Chance Of Success In Iraq; New Study Shows Outsourcing Jobs Has Negative Impact On The Companies That Send Jobs Overseas; Congress In Session Fewer Days Than Any Other Congress In U.S. History


December 07, 2006
• Special Edition: War on the Middle Class
• Bush: United States Will Prevail in the War; Senate Grilling for Iraq Study Group; Bill Richardson Blasts Border Fence; Cisco Systems To Triple Workforce In India; Federal Government Telling City of Port Chester, New York, To Change The Way It Elects officials;


December 06, 2006
• Carnage in Iraq; Iraq Study Group Report Calls for Major Shift in U.S. Strategy; Damage Control


December 05, 2006
• Defense Secretary Nominee Robert Gates Showered With Plaudits For His Candor; Serious Doubts About Abilities Of Iraqi Units; Goodyear Tires May Be Sending Manufacturing Overseas And Cutting Jobs; British Going Head To Head With Russians Over Assassination Of Former Russian Spy; Rep. Duncan Hunter Discusses Iraq War, Border Security; George Mitchell Interview


December 04, 2006
• Rumsfeld Memo Reveals his Changing Views on Iraq; John Bolton Resigns as U.S. Ambassador to U.N.


December 01, 2006
• Bush's Efforts to Reach Out to Iraqi Leaders; What Iraq Study Group Might Recommend; Dems Reverse Course on 9/11 Commission Report; U.S. Manufacturing Sector In Trouble


November 30, 2006
• Sources Close To Bipartisan Iraq Study Group Confirm Recommendations Are Expected To Call For Gradual U.S. Troop Pullback; Radical Islamists In Iraq Refusing To Rejoin Iraqi Government; Congress Divided Over Iraq; Some Groups Argue That Raising Minimum Wage Is Job Killer; Bennie Thompson Interview; Andrew Young Interview


November 29, 2006
• Iraq Crisis Talks; Al-Sadr Loyalists Boycott Iraqi Government; More U.S. Troops Going to Baghdad as Violence Worsens; U.S. Airlines On Sale to Foreign Investors; Bashar Ja'afari Interview


November 28, 2006
• Bush: No Pullout From Iraq Until 'Mission is Complete'; Iraqi President Meets With Iran's Supreme Leader


November 27, 2006
• Iraq Study Group Prepares Final Report on Iraq War; Border Fence Firm Probed for Hiring Illegal Aliens


November 25, 2006
• Marines Worry About Troop Levels, Is the National Draft Coming Back? China and India Sign a Nuclear Energy Trade Deal


November 24, 2006
• President Bush Keeps Plans to Meet Iraqi Prime Minister; Bleak Situation Between Sunni & Shiite Factions; Mexican Drug Cartels Terrorizing Border Communities; Poisoning Death of Former Russian Spy Bad For Russia's Image


November 22, 2006
• Marine Corps Says Wars In Iraq And Afghanistan Are Putting Too Much Strain On Troops; Slaughter Of Iraqi Civilians Worsens; President Bush Will Hold Talks With Iraqi Prime Minister Next Week; Mourners Remember Pierre Gemayel; Middle Class Americans Torn Between Buying Gifts And Finding Funds To Pay For Them


November 21, 2006
• Lebanese Official Assassinated; Weekend Summit in Iran; American City Taken Steps on its Own to Rebuff Illegal Immigration; Chinese Government Pledging Nuclear Cooperation With India; Pete King Interview; Tyler Drumheller Interview


November 20, 2006
• New Strategies for Iraq?; Congressman Rangel Calls for Military Draft; President Bush Wraps Up Trip to Asia


November 17, 2006
• More Troops to Iraq; While in Vietnam, Bush in Vietnam Urges Patience in Iraq War, New Team, Old Faces in Congress; "Fast Food Nation" Deals With Important Issues


November 16, 2006
• Reports That Additional Marines Will Be Moved To Dangerous Sector of Iraq; President Bush In Vietnam To Discuss Trade; Violence Out Of Control In Iraq; Nancy Pelosi's Choice For Majority Leader Didn't Win; Families Face Food Insecurity


November 15, 2006
• General John Abizaid Rejects Timetable Calls For Iraq Troop Withdrawal; Mexican Government Investigating Possible Incursion By U.S. Border Patrol Agents Into Mexican Territory; U.S. Navy Trying To Downplay Confrontation Between Chinese Submarine And USS Kitty Hawk; New Report Shows United States Slipping Further Behind In Access To Higher Education; Farmers Branch Immigration Policy Debate Heats Up; John Bolton Interview


November 14, 2006
• Gunmen In Police Uniforms Kidnap Up To 100 Iraqis; Poll Shows Large Majority Of Voters Want democrats To Have More Influence Than President Bush; Farmers Branch, Texas Passed Measures Aimed At Cracking Down On Illegal Immigration; Fraud Ring Arranging Sham Marriages Broken Up; Senate Democrats Today Unveiled New Leadership Team; Sherrod Brown Interview; Recount Continues in Florida's Jennings/Buchanan Race


November 13, 2006
• Political and Military Choices Facing White House; Rising Pressure Among Democrats for Iraq Withdrawal; Iraq Strategy


November 12, 2006
• Encore Presentation: Heroes
• Encore Presentation: Heroes


November 11, 2006
• Heroes


November 10, 2006
• Heroes
• Heroes
• President Bush Meets Top Senate Democrats; Some in GOP Furious at White House for Election Defeat; Democrats Split on Iraq; Senator- Elect Jim Webb Discusses Democrats' Future


November 09, 2006
• President Bush Reaches Out To Democratic Party; Rumsfeld Acknowledged He Is Disappointed At Progress of Iraq War; President Bush Met With Mexico's President-Elect Felipe Calderon; Ken Mehlman May Step Down; Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein Interview


November 08, 2006
• Resignation of Donald Rumsfeld Unlikely To Lead To Major Short- Term Changes In U.S. Strategy in Iraq; Democrats Believe Voter Anger With President's Conduct Of War Was A Major Factor Behind Victory; Most Lawmakers Who Support Strong Border Security Survived Midterm Elections; Election Night Confirms Problems in E-Voting


November 07, 2006
• Latest Exit Polls; Democrats Confident of Winning Control of House of Representatives; E-Voting Problems Seen in Many Parts of U.S.


November 06, 2006
• New Opinion Polls; New Call for Resignation of Donald Rumsfeld


November 05, 2006
• Encore Presentation: America Votes 2006: War on the Middle Class
• Encore Presentation: Broken Borders


November 03, 2006
• Escalating Violence in Iraq; Bush in Final Campaign Swing for GOP Candidates; Your Government at Work; Independent Joe Lieberman Is Way Out In Front Of Pack


November 02, 2006
• President Bush Blasts Democrats Over War in Iraq; Iraq is Central Issue in Midterm Elections; Are Iraqi Police Officers Loyal to Government?; Election Workers Scrambling To Deal With Last-Minute Problems With E-Voting Machines; What Happens In Iraq If Democrats Win on Election Day?


November 01, 2006
• Chaos in Iraq; John Kerry Apologizes for Comments About Military; Worker Under Fire for Reporting Illegal Aliens; Leading Public Interest Groups Demanding Congress Fix Broken Campaign Finance System


October 31, 2006
• Collision Course in Iraq; Pentagon Planning to Increase Iraqi Forces; North Korea Agrees to Return to Nuke Talks


October 30, 2006
• America Votes 2006; More Than 100 Americans Killed in Iraq This Month; New Wave of Violence in Mexico


October 29, 2006
• Democracy at Risk
• Encore Presentation: Broken Borders
• Encore Presentation: Broken Borders


October 28, 2006
• Broken Borders
• America Votes 2006: War on the Middle Class
• Encore Presentation: America Votes 2006: War on the Middle Class


October 27, 2006
• President Vicente Fox and President-Elect Felipe Calderon of Mexico Assert United States Has No Right To Build Border Fence; Most American Casualties In Iraq This Month In Al Anbar Province; Last- Minute Efforts Underway Aimed At Reducing Risk From Electronic Voting; Reward Offered For Information On Who Started California Fire


October 26, 2006
• White House Defends Conduct of Iraq War; Rumsfeld Faces Tough Questions on Iraq War; Candidates Try To Convince Voters They'll Be Tough On Illegal Immigration; James Sensenbrenner Interview; Electronic Voting Machines' Testing Unreliable


October 25, 2006
• Broken Borders
• Bush 'Not Satisfied' With Progress of War; Chaos in Iraq; PR Offensive; Are Politicians Ignoring Middle Class Americans?


October 24, 2006
• Iraqi Government Agrees To Timeline Of New Security Measures; Bush Administration Invited Nearly 40 Radio Talk Show Hosts To White House; Hastert Goes Before House Ethics Committee; Growing Outrage Over Illegal Alien Lobby's Use Of Civil Rights Movement's Language; New Evidence That Electronic Voting Machines Will Jeopardize Integrity Of Upcoming Election; NY Times Reporter Ordered To Reveal Sources on Anthrax Piece, "Exotic Loans" Symptomatic of Economy Inimical to Middle Class; Maricopa County Sheriff Enforces English Language Education


October 23, 2006
• Changing Tactics, Language in War in Iraq; Iraqi Government Trying to Stop Rising Sectarian Violence; Where's the Fence?


October 22, 2006
• Encore Presentation: America Votes 2006: War on the Middle Class


October 21, 2006
• America Votes 2006: War on the Middle Class: Encore Presentation


October 20, 2006
• Bush Administration Increasing Frustrated With Progress of Iraq War


October 19, 2006
• Top U.S. General Admitting Major U.S. Offensive Against Insurgents And Terrorists in Baghdad Has Failed; Rising Number of Republicans Publicly Expressing Concern About President's Conduct Of War; Princeton Pointing Out Serious Flaws In Electronic Voting Machines; Boehner Repeats Assertion He Told Hastert About Mark Foley's Behavior Last Fall


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