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Gwen Ifill looks at the life of journalist Paul Duke, former host of "Washington Week in Review," who died Monday at age 76.

Residents of the southern Iraqi town of Musayyib continued to mourn Monday after a suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday night under a fuel tanker, which ignited a fireball that engulfed cars, shops and homes.

Residents of the southern Iraqi town of Musayyib continued to mourn Monday after a suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday night under a fuel tanker and killed at least 71 people. The bombing is only one incident in the wave…

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. John Vines discusses the security situation in Iraq, attacks on soldiers and civilians, the attempt to set up a new government, and the ability of the Iraqi security forces to fight insurgents.

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing Wednesday to determine whether allegations of prisoner abuse at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are true.

The possibility of White House senior aide Karl Rove as the anonymous source in the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name highlights the push-and-pull relationship between the White House press secretary and the press corps.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Richard Myers, who will step down from his post this September, speaks with Jim Lehrer about military challenges in Iraq and Afghanistan, his role as military adviser to the president, and his relationship with Sec. of…