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December 26, 2006
• Saddam's Hanging Days Away; Does Castro Have Cancer?
• Iraqi Court Upholds Saddam Hussein's Death Sentence; Expansion of Criminal Database Raises Questions on Privacy; Spanish Doctor Says Castro Not As Sick As Many Believe; Iran Shows No Signs of Backing Down in Nuclear Standoff; Government Troops Battle Islamic Fighters in Somalia; Muslims Make The Hajj
• Biden vs. Bush over More Iraq Troops; President Bush Prepares To Announce Next Moves in War Strategy; Iran Says U.S. Faces Consequences After Iranians Arrested In Iraq; New Polls From Battleground States Suggest Both Parties Are In For A Ride In 2008; Feisal Al-Istrabadi Interview; Arnold Schwarzenegger Recovering From Leg Surgery


December 22, 2006
• Denver Airport Reopens; Will U.S. Bring Back the Draft?
• Discovery Lands In Florida; President Bush To Hold High-Level Huddle Tomorrow At Camp David
• NASA To Land Shuttle in Florida; Robert Gates Heading Home From Iraq And Preparing To Brief President Bush On His Trip; New Census Report Shows Louisiana Has Lost So Many People Since Hurricane Katrina It Might Lose Seat In U.S. Congress


December 21, 2006
• Should More Troops Be Sent to Iraq?
• Keith Ellison Interview; Robert Gates In Iraq Hearing From U.S. Military Commanders And Troops Themselves; Criminal Charges Filed Against Eight Marines Involved In Haditha Incident; Duncan Hunter Interview
• Defense Secretary Gates Hears Troops Flatly Ask For More Troops; Four Marines Charged With Number Unpremeditated Murder Counts; Stranded Holiday Travelers Part Of Blizzard Pounding Colorado; Congressman Virgil Goode Makes Controversial Comments About Muslims and Immigration; Jeb Bush Says He Has No Political Future


December 20, 2006
• Rescue Operation For Missing Climbers On Mt. Hood Is Now Over; President Bush Pledges To Find New Way Forward In Iraq; Robert Gates On A Surprise Visit To Iraq; Carl Levin Interview; Muqtada al-Sadr Appears On New Tape; Fat Bonuses Paid Out This Year To Investment Bankers
• President Bush Discusses Setbacks in Iraq; Defense Secretary Meets with U.S. Military Commanders in Iraq; Powerful Snowstorm Pounds Denver


December 19, 2006
• President Bush Calls for Increase in Size of U.S. Military; First Lady's Bout With Cancer; Miss USA Gets Second Chance
• President Bush Ready To Endorse Bigger Army And Marine Corps; Officials Say Big Search For Two Missing Climbers On Oregon's Mt. Hood Is Over; View From Iraqi government As It Carries Out Its System Of Justice; Palestine Violence
• White House Insists There Is No Feud Between President Bush And Joint Chiefs of Staff Over Iraq; On Oregon's Mt. Hood Authorities Say Big Search Is Over For Two Missing Climbers; Dick Cheney To Testify In CIA Leak Case Trial; John Murtha Interview; Turf War Underway Between Giuliani and McCain


December 18, 2006
• Hillary Clinton's Chances in 2008; Arrest Made in British Prostitute Murder Case; Mt. Hood Rescuers May Have to Switch to Avalanche-Type Search; Six-Party Nuke Talks Resume
• Hope and Heartbreak on Mt. Hood; Will More American Troops Be Sent to War?; Same-Sex Unions Divide the Episcopal Church
• Search Continues for Missing Mountain Climbers; Robert Gates Takes Charge of Pentagon; Is Hillary Rodham Clinton Seizing Spotlight Back?


December 15, 2006
• All Executions Suspended in Florida
• Distinctions Abound For Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld; Signs White House Is Looking Past Some Key Recommendations Of Iraq Study Group Report; Governor Jeb Bush Suspends all Executions in Florida; Pastor Rick Warren Increasingly Becoming Influential Evangelical Leader; Iraq United: Brief Respite From War
• Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Going Out With Military Honors; Small Signs Today That Senator Tim Johnson Is Recovering; Federal Authorities Unveil New Set Of Rules Aimed At Helping Protect America's Railroad System Against Terrorism


December 14, 2006
• Some Good News For Democrats and Republicans Who Are Concerned About Senator Johnson's Health; Henry Kissinger Interview; Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman Falls Ill Raising Concerns About Terror Attacks; Controversy Over Use Of Koran In Congressional Swearing-In
• Sen. Tim Johnson's Illness Puts Democrats' Majority Of Senate At Risk; Senator John McCain And Other Senators Say U.S. Should Send More Troops To Iraq To Ease Killing And Chaos; Official Investigation Says Princess Diana's Death An Accident


December 13, 2006
• Democratic Senator Suffers From Possible Stroke; Would U.S. Pullout From Iraq Trigger Regional War?; David Duke Interview
• President Bush Wraps Up Public Phase Of Listening Tour At The Pentagon; Mowaffak al-Rubaie Saying That Iraqi Security Forces Ready To Lead The Way; Search for a Killer in Ipswich, England
• President Wraps Up Public Phase Of Listening Tour At Pentagon Today; David Duke Interview


December 12, 2006
• The Way Forward in Iraq Stalled
• Announcement Of New Plan For Iraq Postponed; Early Morning Bombing Targeted Baghdad's Most Needy Day Laborers; Does Israel Have Nuclear Weapons?; Peter Galbraith Interview; Hillary Clinton Re- releasing "It Takes a Village" To Mark 10th Anniversary; Jay Bakker Gets Reality Series
• White House Expects President To Unveil New Course In Iraq After First Of The Year Instead Of Before Christmas; Congressman Dennis Kucinich Launches Second Presidential Bid; Dennis Kucinich Interview; Sam Brownback Interview; Prospect Of Woman And African- American Running For President Has Some Democrats Concerned About Electability


December 11, 2006
• Iran's President Holds Conference on Holocaust; Interview With Gordon Smith
• President Bush Stops At State Department To Show He's Listening To New Ideas About Iraq; Rumors Say There May Be Some Effort To Get Rid Of Nouri Al-Maliki; Space Shuttle Discovery Docking With International Space Station In Series Of Dangerous Maneuvers; Rahm Emanuel Aware Of Inappropriate E-Mail Exchange Between Mark Foley And Teenaged Male About A Year Ago; Gordon Smith Interview
• President Bush Trying To Show American Public He's Taking Concerns About Iraq And Panel Recommendations Seriously; William Jefferson Trying Campaigning to Win Back Seat On House Ways and Means Committee; Barack Obama In Critical Primary State Of New Hampshire


December 08, 2006
• Senator Gordon Smith Denounces Iraq War Policy
• Senator Gordon Smith Changing His Stance on Iraq War; House Republicans May Have Been Negligent But Broke No Rules In Mark Foley Scandal; Dick Durbin Interview; Rumsfeld Saying Good-Bye To Pentagon Employees In Town Hall Meeting; Longtime Associate Of President Carter Resigns Over Controversial New Book; Dennis Ross Interview; War On Terror In Ethiopia
• Ethics Panel Says GOP Leaders Were Negligent In Foley Scandal; President Struggling To Deal With Political Ground Shifting Beneath Him; Sen. Gordon Smith Unleashes Powerful Rebuke Of Mr. Bush's Iraq Policy


December 07, 2006
• Bush, Blair Stand Together During Press Conference; Dubai Ports World Involved In New Controversy Involving Cargo Security; Qubad Talabani Interview
• President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair Feel Sting Over Iraq; Israel's Prime Minister Weighs In On Iraq Study Group's Report; Controversy Over Discounted Fuel From Venezuela For America's Poor


December 06, 2006
• President Bush Reacts to ISG Report; Robert Gates Confirmed as New Defense Secretary; Interview with Iraq Study Group Member Vernon Jordan
• Will Al Gore Run in 2008?; Cheney Family Growing; How Does Iraq Respond to ISG Report?
• Iraq Study Group Reports on Status of War; Mary Cheney Pregnant; New Threat on Horizon?


December 05, 2006
• Robert Gates Confirmation Hearings Examined
• Confirmation Of Robert Gates Approved Unanimously; William Caldwell Discusses Iraq; Abilities Of Iraqi Police Force And Army Sometimes In Doubt; Max Cleland Interview; Fidel Castro Out Of Sight, Fueling Speculation Cuban Transition Is Underway; NYC Bans Trans Fats
• Key Senators Now Applauding Robert Gates; Pentagon's Future Battle Plan In Iraq May Be Shaped By Panel's Recommendations; Evan Bayh Interview


December 04, 2006
• Bush Meets With al-Hakim; Bloody Battle in Afghanistan
• Iraqi Power Broker Meets President Bush; Is Hillary Clinton Preparing to Announce Presidential Run?
• Will the Bush Administration Change Course in Iraq?; John Bolton Resigns as U.S. Ambassador to U.N.; Gates Confirmation Hearings Begin Tomorrow; Jeb Bush and Michael Bloomberg Team Up


December 01, 2006
• Baker Commission About to Report Findings; Interview With John Murtha
• Fresh Reports Regarding What Iraq Study Group Will Recommend; U.S. Central Command Staying Focused On Military Mission In Iraq; Dina Powell Interview; Wife Of Dead Russian Ex-Spy Tests Positive For Polonium; John Cornyn Interview; Venezuelans Head To The Polls This Sunday
• Bush Administration Confirms That Top Iraqi Shiite Leader To Meet With The President; Nancy Pelosi Ruffling Feathers On Intelligence Committee Chair; John Murtha Interview; Classes For Incoming Congress


November 30, 2006
• Bush Voices Support For Al-Maliki Despite Snub; Muqtada al-Sadr Loyalists Boycotting Iraq Government; Bill Clinton weighs In On Iraq And Afghanistan; Pastor Rick Warren Criticized For Inviting Barack Obama To AIDS Summit; John Kerry Interview
• No Easy Options In Iraq; New Details About What Iraq Study Group Will Be Recommending In Their Report; President Clinton Says Civil War Is Being Waged in Iraq; Alberto Gonzales Interview; British Officials Say Radioactive Traces Found At 12 Sites As Investigation Into Poisoned Russian Spy Continues
• President Bush Back In Washington Without Drastic New Action On Iraq To Show Critics; Parliamentary Revolt Turning Iraqi Government Into Political War Zone; John Kerry Interview; Will Al Gore Run Again?; Tom Vilsack Throws Hat in Ring for '08


November 29, 2006
• Iraqi Prime Minister Skips Dinner With President Bush and King Abdullah of Jordan; Colin Powell Says Violence In Iraq Meets Standard Of Civil War; President of Iran Writes Open Letter To American People; Jim Webb Confirms Angry Exchange With President Bush; David Satterfield Interview; Charles Rangel Interview
• President Bush Will Discuss Ways To Resolve Iraq While In Jordan; Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Pens Letter To Americans; "Happy Feet" Infuriating Some Conservatives; David Satterfield Interview; Charles Rangel Interview
• Iraq Crisis Talks Delayed And Clouded By Leak Of Secret And Stunning Memo; Protest Of Bush-Maliki Summit Could Make Matters Worse In Iraq; Two Democrats Publicly Venting Anger At President Bush; U.S. Forces On The Hunt For Al Qaeda All Across The World; Robert Gates Not Necessarily Eye To Eye With Bush On Iraq


November 28, 2006
• Shiite Militants Get Help From Hezbollah; Interview With Jimmy Carter
• U.S. Pilot Missing in Iraq; Bush Vows to Keep Troops in Iraq Until Mission is Complete
• Bush Draws New Lines in Iraq Strategy


November 27, 2006
• News Networks Declare Iraq in State of Civil War, Iraqi Leaders to Meet With Their Iranian Counterparts, Former Spy's Mysterious Death Strains Russian Relations With West
• Civil War in Iraq?; Richards Apologizes
• Bush Goes on Worldwide Diplomatic Mission; Does Situation on the Ground in Baghdad Qualify as Civil War?


November 24, 2006
• Any Good Options Left in Iraq?; Father of JonBenet Ramsey Speaks Out on John Mark Karr; Former Spy Accuses Russia of Assassination
• Sunnis and Shiites Slaughter Each Other In Iraq; Some Wondering If Al Qaeda Finding Safe Haven In Afghanistan; Former Russian Spy Blames Russia's President Putin For His Death; Father Of JonBenet Ramsey Offers Surprise Sympathy For Man Who Falsely Confessed To Her Murder; Cold Weather Now An Ally For United States In Afghanistan
• Violence Explodes in Iraq; Former Russian Spy Killed By Radiation; Ted Strickland Interview


November 22, 2006
• U.S. Marine Corps Stretched Too Thin?; President Bush to Meet with Iraqi Prime Minister; Whites-Only Scholarship Raises Controversy
• Iraq Civilian Death Tolls Reach New Heights; President Bush To Meet Iraqi Prime Minister; Interview with Chris Shays
• Lebanon Mourns Assassinated Cabinet Minister; Rudy Giuliani's Presidential Chances; Political Turkeys of the Year


November 21, 2006
• Lebanese Cabinet Minister Assassinated; Are Iran, Syria Making Power Play in Iraq?
• Interview With Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger; Guantanamo Bay Detainees Speak Out; Interview With Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns
• President Bush Reacts to Beirut Assassination; Iran, Syria Offer to Tighten Borders; Imad Moustapha Interview; Comparisons of Bush 41 and Bush 43


November 20, 2006
• Interview With New York Congressman Charles Rangel; Iran Offers Invitation to Iraqi President; Obama on Iraq; 'Seinfeld' Star Accused of Racist Rant
• Will the U.S. Boost Troop Levels in Iraq?; Interview With Charlie Rangel
• Congressman Proposes Reinstating Draft; Pentagon Reviewing Iraq Strategy; Barack Obama Considering Presidential Run?; How Do Americans View Iraq War?


November 17, 2006
• Kidnapped Americans Still Missing; Poison-Laced Cookies Sent to Supreme Court
• Interview With Mississippi Senator Trent Lott; FDA Gives Green Light to Silicone Breast Implants; Iraq Another Vietnam?; Tom Vilsack Interview
• Will Republicans Emulate Arnold Schwarzenegger?; Bush Talks About Parallels Between Iraq and Vietnam; Republican Stick With Similar Leaders in Congress


November 16, 2006
• American Contractors Ambushed in Iraq; Arrest Warrant for Sunni Leader Raises Fears of All-Out Civil War
• Is Iraq Heading Toward Civil War?; Hoyer Beats Murtha for Majority Leader Spot
• Democrats Pick Hoyer Over Murtha; McCain Begins Exploring Presidential Run; Steny Hoyer Interview


November 15, 2006
• General Abizaid Reacts to Changing Iraq; Murtha Continues Fight for Top House Position; McCain and Thompson Form Presidential Exploratory Committee
• Senator John McCain To Take First Official Step Toward Run For White House; Congress Takes Up Issue Of Timetables And Troop Levels In Iraq; Michael Steele Interview; Carl Levin Interview; Civilian/Military Tensions Have Been Growing Throughout Iraq War
• Gen. Abizaid Testifies Before Unsatisfied Senate; Sen. Trent Lott Wins Number Two GOP Senate Position; Tight Races for Republican And Democratic House Leadership Positions; John Shadegg Interview


November 14, 2006
• Iraq's Interior Ministry Says Most People Kidnapped in Baghdad Today Were Freed; Rights Group Seeks War Crime Charges Against Donald Rumsfeld; Fight For Majority Leader's Job Getting Ugly; Trent Lott Trying To Make Leadership Comeback; Senate Democrats Give Joe Lieberman Standing Ovation; President Bush Promises To Raise U.S. Auto Concerns On Asian Tour; Evan Bayh Interview
• Dozens of Gunmen In Police Uniforms Abducted Employees At Baghdad Research Facility; U.S. Civil Rights Group Filed Suit in Germany Against Donald Rumsfeld And Other U.S. Officials; Roy Blunt Interview; Evan Bayh Interview; Experts Found Unexplained Traces of Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium At Nuclear Waste Facility in Iran; Senator Hillary Clinton versus Rudy Giuliani in 2008
• Mass Kidnappings in Iraq; Democrats Fight Over House Leadership Positions; Nine Congressional Races Remain Undecided; Senator Lott Trying Leadership Comeback


November 13, 2006
• Could U.S. Troops Start Pulling Out of Iraq?; Giuliani Forms Presidential Exploratory Committee
• Bush Meets With Iraq Study Group
• Iraq Study Group Meets with President Bush; Pelosi Endorses Murtha; Interview with Steny Hoyer


November 10, 2006
• Can Republicans, Democrats Work Together?
• President Bush Meets With Senate Democratic Leaders; Democrats Raise Idea of Bipartisan Congressional Review; Incoming Congressional Freshman Class Has Conservative Democrats


November 09, 2006
• Democrats Take Control of Senate; Has Karl Rove Lost Touch?
• Democrats Capture Last Senate Battleground; George Allen Concedes; Ken Mehlman May Step Down; John Murtha Interview; Robert Gates Could Bring Strategy Change In Iraq; Veteran CBS News Journalist Ed Bradley Passes Away
• George Allen Concedes To Jim Webb in Virginia; Democrats Position Themselves To Jump Into Driver's Seat; President Bush Talking About Partnership And Peace-Making With Democrats; Jon Tester Interview


November 08, 2006
• Recount Vote Expected in Florida's 13th District; Senate Race in Virginia Still Undetermined; CNN Projects Tester Victory in Montana; Interview with John Cornyn
• Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Stepping Down Amid Public Anger Over Iraq War; Henry Kissinger Interview; In Virginia Two Men Carry Fate Of Senate On Their Shoulders; Nancy Pelosi Interview
• President Bush Names Rumsfeld's Successor; Interview with Nancy Pelosi; Virginia Senate Race Still Too Close To Call


November 07, 2006
• America Votes 2006
• America Votes 2006; Interview With Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel
• Election '06
• America Votes 2006; Interview With Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean
• Election 2006


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