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June 21, 2006
• U.S. Military Members Charged With Murder in Death of Iraqi Civilian; North Korea Asserts Right To Test Nuclear Missile; Remains of Two U.S. Marines Return to U.S.; Author Gives View on Iraq War; New York, D.C. Concerned about Homeland Security Cuts; Schwarzenegger Urges Congress to Find Immigration Solution; American Member of Saddam's Defense Team Undeterred Despite Murders; Alternative Living Arrangements for Retirees
• Eight U.S. Soldiers Charged in Death of Iraqi Man; President Bush on the Rebound?


June 20, 2006
• Families React to Death of U.S. Soldiers in Iraq; Al Qaeda's War on America
• Interview With Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger; U.S. Soldiers' Bodies Found Mutilated in Iraq; Interview With Author Ron Suskind; Data Brokers Selling Personal Phone Records
• Debate Over Iraq Timetable Heats Up; Bush Meets with E.U. Leaders in Vienna; Immigration Wars in Senate; President's Dinner Huge for Fundraising; Angelina Jolie Puts Attention On Refugees; Ken Mehlman Interview; David Safavian Convicted Today on Four of Five Charges; Raising Minimum Wage Again Becomes A Political Issue


June 19, 2006
• North Korea Missile Sits Ready for Test Launch; Al Qaeda-linked Group Says it Abducted U.S. Soldiers; President Bush's Warning for Iran
• North Korea Threatens to Test Long-Range Missile; New York Subway Terrorism Plot Called Off?; Former Defense Secretary Weighs in on Possible North Korea Missile Test; New Orleans Calls for State Help after Weekend Murder Spree; Houston Hit by Flash Flooding; Police to Use Unmanned Drones in L.A.
• Bush Administration Confronts Threats; Interview with Howard Dean; List of Potential Presidential Candidates Grows; Lawmakers Articulating Positions on Immigration to Spanish-Speaking Voters Online


June 16, 2006
• Two American Soldiers Missing After an Attack Outside of Baghdad; Interview With John Murtha
• One U.S. Soldier Dead, Two Unaccounted For After Attack on Checkpoint in Iraq; Suicide Bombing At Mosque Kills 11; Department of Homeland Security Says Major U.S. Cities Still Not Prepared To Deal With Disaster; Investigation Into Possible Cover-up in Haditha Complete; William Cohen interviewed; No Indictment for Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney; House Removes Congressman William Jefferson from Ways and Means Committee; Congress Debates Iraq War; Iraqi Ambassador Discusses War Effort; U.S. Helicopters Key to Afghanistan War Efforts; Apple's iPod Factory in China under Scrutiny; Bill Clinton to Speak at Columbine Memorial Groundbreaking; San Francisco Mosque Removes Wall Separating Men, Women
• House of Representatives Rejects Timetable To Bring Troops Home; Bush Tries To Help Republicans In Tough Reelection Fights; Jefferson Targeted in Federal Corruption Probe; John Murtha Interview; Bush Works To Improve America's Image Overseas


June 15, 2006
• Gates to Focus Less on Day-to-Day Operations at Microsoft; U.S. Casualty Count in Iraq Reaches 2,500
• Bill Gates Decides to Give up Day Job; House Democrats Clashing Over Congressman William Jefferson's Committee Seat; Terrorist 'Treasure Trove'; Bill Frist Discusses the Popularity and Politics of Congress; Operation Nabs Illegal Aliens; Financial Details on Members of Congress Available Online; Bush Signs Law to Create Massive Marine Preserve
• Pentagon Acknowledges 2,500 U.S. Troops Have Died in Iraq; House of Representatives Debates Republican Resolution to Declare Iraq War Part of Overall War on Terror; Bill Gates To Focus More on Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation


June 14, 2006
• President Bush Not Saying When U.S. Troops Will Leave Iraq; U.S. Military Identifies al-Zarqawi's Successor in Iraq; Pressure Building for Condoleezza Rice Presidential Bid; President's Personal Assistant Leaves; Cher Works to Support U.S. Troops
• Insurgents Strike in Iraq While Massive Security Sweep is Underway; President Bush Announced Details of Plan to Bolster Government in Baghdad; Government Audit Finds FEMA May Have Handed Out $1 billion for Improper or Fraudulent Claims After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; New Boss For Iraqi Branch of al Qaeda?; William Caldwell Interview; Administration May Be Muzzling Top Climate Researchers; Condoleezza Rice Proves She Has Followers; Bush's Aide Leaves To Attend Harvard
• Iraq Main Focus of President Bush's Press Conference; Iraq May Play a Part in Upcoming Elections; Republicans Promoting Constitutional Ban on Flag Burning; Harrowing Flight Out of Baghdad; Virginia Senate Race; Nancy Pelosi Interview


June 13, 2006
• Bush Makes Surprise Visit to Baghdad; Interview With Joe Biden
• President Bush Heads Home After Surprise Visit to Iraq; Rove Won't Be Charged in CIA Leak Case; Former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell Sentenced to 30 months in Jail for Tax Evasion and Racketeering; New York's Police Commissioner Says Iran Carrying Out Surveillance There; Shafiq Rasul Interview; Israel Military Claims No Responsibility for Deaths of Seven Civilians During Explosion Last Week in Gaza
• President Bush Heads Home After Iraq Surprise; Congressional Reaction To President Bush's Visit; Murtha Suspends Bid To Be House Majority Leader; Rove Won't Be Charged In CIA Leak Case; White House Capitalizing On Recent News; Joseph Biden Interview


June 12, 2006
• Gulf Coast Gets First Hurricane Warning of the Season; Bush Holds War Council at Camp David
• Season's First Hurricane Warning; Last Moments of Abu Musab al- Zarqawi; Bush Meets With Top Aides on Iraq Strategy
• President Bush Speaks at Camp David; Jeb Bush Issues State of Emergency in Parts of Florida; New Political Wrangling on Capitol Hill over Iraq; Bill Clinton's Fundraising Success


June 09, 2006
• New Details Emerge on Last Moments of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi; Interview With Former FEMA Director Michael Brown
• Hamas Military Wing Ends Truce After Israeli Shells Kill 7 on Beach; Al-Zarqawi: Last Moments; New Terror Tape; Former FEMA Head Fires Back; MLK's Personal Papers to be Auctioned Off; Border Patrol Agents Accused of Taking Bribes; Philadelphia Cheesesteak Icon Stirs Immigration Debate
• Zarqawi Not Killed Immediately In Air Strike; Murtha May Seek Number Two Seat; More Controversy Over William Jefferson; Arnold Schwarzenegger Interview


June 08, 2006
• Zarqawi Killed in U.S. Air Strike; Interview With John McCain
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Killed In U.S. Airstrike; Abu Musab al- Zarqawi's Death Raising Concerns About Revenge Attack In United States; Michael Berg Gives Thoughts On Zarqawi's Death; New Developments Between Specter And Cheney; Where is bin Laden Hiding?
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Killed By U.S. Airstrike; Bipartisan Agreement On Zarqawi Death; Specter And Cheney Tensions Appear To Have Cooled; John McCain Interview; John Murtha Interview; DeLay Not Giving Up Blunt Style


June 07, 2006
• War of Words With United Nations; Interview With Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter
• Top U.S. General Says Marines Often Wrestle With Choices As They Wage War; More Than A Dozen People Kidnapped In Iraq Found; New Developments Surrounding Allegations The CIA Has Been Using Secret Prisons In Europe; Battle Over Anti-Terror Funds; Congressman Peter King Interviewed; D.C. Cardinal Firm on Helping Immigrants Despite Legislation; U.N. Ambassador Objects to Official's Comments; Specter Angry with Cheney Over NSA Hearing; Afghanistan Purging Corrupt Police Force
• Tough Immigration Stance May Have Helped Republicans Hold Onto California Congressional Seat; President Bush Firing Back At Conservatives Calling For Massive Deportation Of Immigrants; California Set For Showdown Between Governor Schwarzenegger And Democratic Challenger Phil Angelides; High Profile Primaries Laying Groundwork For Crucial November Elections; Senate Rejects Constitutional Amendment To Ban Gay Marriage


June 06, 2006
• Debate Over Climate Change Heats Up; Interview With U.S. Ambassador to United Nations John Bolton; New Information on Massive Security Breach with Veterans Affairs; Newly-Released Documents on CIA and Nazi Whereabouts
• President Bush at the; Nuclear Deal With Iran?; Chilling Charges in Canada; Iraq's Prime Minister Offers Condolences After Insurgent Attacks; U.N. Ambassador Sounds off on Iran Strategy; ACLU Suggests Telecom Merger Be Closely Examined; Defense Attorneys Complain of Leaks in Iraq Killing
• President Bush Back in the Border Wars; Controversial Election in California; Senators Asking Tough Questions about Haditha


June 05, 2006
• Gay Marriage Debate Reignited in Congress; Terror Threat From the North?; Utah National Guard Unit Manning New Mission Along Mexican Border; Princeton Scholar Reveals He's an Illegal Immigrant
• Danger From the North?; Interview With Homeland Security Adviser Frances Townsend; Politics of Marriage; Fake Police Carry Out Mass Kidnapping in Baghdad; Pentagon Debates if Geneva Convention Applies to Terror Suspects; Afghan Women Work to Recover Rights
• Senate Debating Gay Marriage Ban; Donald Rumsfeld Under Fire over Iraq; Bill Clinton Delivers Keynote Speech in New Jersey


June 02, 2006
• Atrocities in Iraq?; Iran's New Message; Ohio Stolen in 2004 Presidential Election?
• U.S. Military Clears Troops in March Civilian Deaths in Ishaqi; Settlement In Case Of Nuclear Scientist; Iranian President Standing Firm On His Country's Right To Develop Nuclear Energy; Increased Activity by Taliban Insurgents in Afghanistan; Home Depot Shareholders Protest Fat Salaries; Judge Rules Against Scooter Libby's Defense Team; RFK Jr.: GOP Stole 2004 Ohio Presidential Vote
• Iraqi Leaders Put New Pressure on U.S. Government Over Allegations of War Crimes; New Campaign Against Gay Marriage


June 01, 2006
• Possible Deal in Nuclear Standoff With Iran; Is U.S. Ready for Another Katrina?
• Six Major World Powers Announce Deal To Present To Iran; Military Investigates If U.S. Marines Killed Civilians in Haditha; U.S. Military Preparing for Hurricane Season; FEMA Director Works to Improve Key Areas; Family Grieves After Mistaken Identity Revealed; Chicago Mayor in Hot Water Over Bald Remarks
• Major Powers Agree on Package for Iran to Halt Nuclear Program; Will Politicians Pay Price For Katrina Disaster?; Banning Same Sex Marriage May Not Affect Upcoming Elections; Dennis Hastert Is Longest Serving Republican House Speaker In History


May 31, 2006
• Injured Marine Details Events Leading up to Haditha Massacre; Predictions for Upcoming Hurricane Season; Sen. Hillary Clinton Officially Announces Bid for Reelection; Homeland Security Department Under Scrutiny over Anti-Terrorism Funding
• United States Offers Iran Face-To-Face Talks; Did U.S. Marines Slaughter Civilians In Haditha; Insurgent Attacks Leave Another 22 People Dead, Dozens More Wounded In Iraq; President Bush Today Called The Afghan President To Discuss Incident That Triggered Rioting In Kabul; Interview with Condoleezza Rice; East Coast Prepares for Hurricane Season; Spellers Face off in National Bee
• White House Signals Willingness To Talk With Iran; Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Officially Running For Reelection; Similarities Between Haditha Massacre And Vietnam; Internet-Based Movement Aims At Electing Bipartisan Ticket In 2008


May 30, 2006
• Dozens of Iraqis Dead in Insurgent Bloodbath; Capitol Hill v. White House?
• U.S. Military Rocked by Allegations that U.S. Marines Massacred Civilians; Interview With Iraq's New Ambassador; Preparing for Hurricane Season; What Does a New Treasury Secretary Mean for Americans?; Universities Targeted by Hackers; White House, Congressional Republicans at Odds
• President Bush Highlights Political Progress in Iraq While Other Problems Persist; Henry Paulson Nominated To Be Treasury Secretary; Search for Jimmy Hoffa's Body is Over; House Hearing Held on Jefferson Case; Americans Getting Mixed Signals From Iraq; Congressman John Murtha Interview


May 29, 2006
• Riot in Kabul; CBS Crew, U.S. Soldier Killed in Iraq Blast; Senate Set to Probe Haditha Massacre
• Anti-U.S. Outrage in Kabul; Back to the Old Days in Afghanistan?; Fresh Wave of Deadly Violence in Iraq
• New York Mayor Ready to Hand Out Gay Marriage Licenses?; Interview With Senator John McCain; Anti-U.S. Violence Erupts in Afghanistan


May 26, 2006
• Marines Suspected of Killing Civilians in Iraq; Controversy Heats Up Over FBI's Congressional Raid; Interview With Dan Bartlett
• Has Raid on Congress Weakened Division of Power; New Developments in CIA Leak Probe; Interview With Congressman Duncan Hunter; Interview With Dan Barlett; Details Emerging of Haditha Killings; Palestinian Tensions Rise Between Factions; Is Taliban Gathering Strength in Afghanistan?; Amazing Video of Underwater Volcano; Michael Hayden's Confirmation Ends Troubled Goss Tenure
• Capitol Lockdown Most Likely False Alarm; Immigration Wars Continue Between House and Senate; Judge In CIA Leak Case Orders "Time" Magazine To Turn Over Article Drafts; Treasury Secretary John Snow's Days In Bush Administration May Be Numbered; Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Fresh Off Meeting With Vicente Fox.


May 25, 2006
• President Bush and British Prime Minister Blair Hold News Conference; Interview With Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha
• Ken Lay, Jeffrey Skilling Found Guilty In Enron Trial; Bush, Blair Stand Together; Joseph Biden Interview; Mexican President Vicente Fox To Meet Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger This Evening; Life Goes On In Kabul; Abbas Gives Hamas Ultimatum; President Bush Ordered Documents Seized From Congressman William Jefferson's Office Sealed For 45 Days
• Speaker of the House vs. FBI; Senate Butts Heads with House Over Immigration Reform; Court Documents Suggest Cheney May Be Called As Witness Against Scooter Libby; Lay and Skilling Found Guilty; Bill Frist Trying to Push Gay Marriage Issue Higher in Senate


May 24, 2006
• Political Fallout from FBI Raid on Capitol Hill; Senate Ends Immigration Debate; President Bush and Tony Blair Meet in Washington; Seven Members of an Indonesian Family Infected with Bird Flu
• Bird Flu Developments; Former President Carter Shares Views on Mideast Peace Process; Troops Returning to Afghanistan; Schools Cracking Down on Student Blogs; Jeb Bush as NFL Commissioner?
• House Leaders Call for FBI to Return Seized Documents; Senate Nears Passage of Immigration Bill; Bush Visits Nuclear Plant to Pitch Energy Plan; Bush, Blair to Meet Tomorrow; Bin Laden Denies Moussaoui Link to 9/11; Divisions In Republican Party


May 23, 2006
• Bush, Israeli Prime Minister Olmert Meet; New Tape From bin Laden
• President Bush, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Hold News Conference; Senate Majority Leader Speaks Out about Raid on Congressman's Office; Bin Laden Claims Moussaoui Unconnected to 9/11; Veterans Affairs Officials Were Warned about Security Vulnerabilities
• Raid on Congressman's Office Decried by Lawmakers from Both Parties; President Bush Holds First Meeting With Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert; Theft of Veteran Affairs Information Said to be Random; Senators Lash Out Over High Gas Prices; Senator Chris Dodd Exploring Run For White House; Lloyd Bentsen Dead At Age 85; Bill Bennett Discusses New Book


May 22, 2006
• Veterans at Risk of Identity Theft; Allegations of Corruption Brought Against Louisiana Congressman
• Target: Taliban; Hamas Gunmen Trade Fire With Palestinian Police
• William Jefferson Responds to Corruption Probe; Tony Blair Meets with Iraq's New Prime Minister; Global Warming Returning as a Hot Political Issue; Dixie Chicks Continue to Speak Out


May 19, 2006
• U.S. Troops Involved in Violent Melee in Guantanamo; Fighting in Ramadi
• Clash at Guantanamo; Military Sources: More Troops Being Sent to Ramadi
• Should English Be The National Language?; Bush May Be Making Headway In Polls; Justice Department Will Place Federal Polling Monitors Across New Orleans During Tomorrow's Election; Students Protest John McCain; Senate And House Compete


May 18, 2006
• Bush Visits Mexican Border; Is Taliban Making Comeback in Afghanistan?
• Senate Intelligence Committee Weighs Hayden Nomination; What Happened at Haditha?; Border Bounce for Bush; Bush Answers Questions on Immigration Plan, Iraq; Debate Swirls over "Da Vinci Code" Movie; Immigration Debate Tricky for Schwarzenegger; Heathrow Airport Expanded to Handle Double-Decker Planes
• No Significant Increase in Polls after Bush Address; Hayden Undergoes Questioning by Senate Intelligence Committee; Feingold and Specter Exchange Harsh Words in Judiciary Committee Hearing


May 17, 2006
• Karl Rove and Divided Republican Party; Pentagon Under Fire for Progress in Iraq; 'Da Vinci Code' Controversy
• Preparation for Hurricane Season; Key Members of Congress go Behind Closed Doors about Reported Collection of Phone Records; Interview with Mary Cheney; Debate over Immigration Fueling Hate Groups
• Tax Cut Extension and Republican Party Politics; Domestic Spying Under Scrutiny; Defensive Moves in Immigration Wars


May 16, 2006
• New Video of 9/11 Pentagon Attack Released; Interview With Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; Immigration Wars
• New Details on Decision to Deploy Thousands of Troops to U.S.- Mexico Border; Interview With U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; 9/11 Attack Video; Bush Attempts to Reclaim His Base; Bono Guest Editor for British Newspaper; Emotional First Day for Tony Snow; Architects Revisit Office Cubicles
• The Pentagon Releases Video of American Airlines Hitting the Pentagon on September 11. Conservative Republicans Express Unhappiness with President Bush's Proposals for Immigration Reform.


May 15, 2006
• President Bush Addresses Nation on Illegal Immigration
• Troops to the Border?; Libya Off the List
• President to Address the Nation on Immigration; Bush Hopes to Unite Republican Base; Controversy Surrounding NSA Tracking of Phone Calls


May 12, 2006
• CIA Corruption Probe; President Bush to Give Immigration Speech Monday Night; Iraq: Militia Challenge
• President Bush Prepares For Primetime Immigration Address; Up To 200 Dead In Nigeria Pipeline Blast; Relationship Between Government And U.S. Phone Companies; Peter Hoekstra Interview; Militias Growing Problem In Iraq; Iranians Find Ways Around Strict Restrictions on World News; Is McCain Undergoing Political Makeover for 2008?; California Bill Could Require School Instruction About Historic Gays
• Bush To Deliver Border Security Speech; Minutemen Makes Case For Illegal Immigration Crackdown; Michael Hayden Holds Third Day Of Hearings Amid NSA Controversy; Kyle "Dusty" Foggo's Home Searched; John McCain and Jerry Falwell Team Up; Comparing George W. Bush and Bill Clinton; Giuliani Subject Of New Documentary Critical Of His Leadership Before 9/11


May 11, 2006
• Secret Phone Records; Big Brother?; Secrets and Leaks
• Fresh Concerns Over New Domestic Spying Controversy; First Lady Traveling; Republicans Launch Social Networking Hub Online; New Revelations About NSA Trouble Americans; Darfur Crisis Spilling Into Chad
• Many Lawmakers Outraged At Phone Record Tracking; Bipartisan Senate Deal On Stalled Immigration Bill; Jane Harman Issues Statement On NSA Report; Howard Dean Under Fire From Fellow Democrats


May 10, 2006
• House Approves Tax Cut Package; Karl Rove in Legal Limbo; Porter Goss Receives Congressional Award; Late-Night Hosts Take Aim at President Bush
• Band Manager Sentenced For Night Club Fire; Rove In Legal Limbo; President Bush's Travel Plan Slip; What Challenges Will Hayden Face; Dick Durbin Interview; Lawrence Eagleburger Interview; Senator Hillary Clinton Attends Fundraiser Hosted By Conservative Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch; Latinos May Be Important In Elections
• Bush Touts Medicare Program; Interview with Roy Blunt; Secret Service Releases Logs of Abramoff's White House Visits


May 09, 2006
• Letter From Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President Bush Discusses History, Values, Religion; Interview With National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley; Mary Cheney Comes Out
• Condoleezza Rice, Key Counterparts Holding Talks At United Nations On How To Stop Iran's Nuclear Program; Michael Hayden Nomination Might Fare Better If He Gives Up His Day Job; Dianne Feinstein Interview; Iranian-Americans Respond to Iranian President's Letter; GOP Hopes to Extend Tax Cuts; Wal-Mart in Trademark Battle Over Smiley Face; Mary Cheney Weighs in on Gay Marriage Debate in New Book
• Speaker Hastert Raising Concerns About Michael Hayden; Bush Emphasizes Diplomacy With Iran; Monday Deadline For Medicare Drug Plan Enrollment; GOP Gearing Up For Another Fight Over Judges


May 08, 2006
• Bush Nominates Hayden to Serve as CIA Director; Letter From Iran; Putting a Hold on U.S. Troops Headed to Iraq
• President Bush Nominates New Spy Chief; Letter From Iran
• Controversy Surrounding Michael Hayden for CIA; Interview with Trent Lott; New Developments in Capitol Hill Lobbying Scandal


May 05, 2006
• After Less Than Two Years on Job CIA Director Porter Goss Resigns; Scooter Libby Appears in Court in CIA Leak Hearing; Congressman Patrick Kennedy to Rehab
• Porter Goss Resigns; CIA Leak Case; Congressman Patrick Kennedy Announces He'll Seek Treatment for Addiction, Depression


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