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Several nations on the U.N. Security Council voiced concerns with a U.S.-British resolution on Iraq's transition -- a key part of President Bush's plan for stabilizing the country. Ray Suarez discusses the proposal and the situation in Iraq withZbigniew Brzezinski…

After 36 years heading 60 Minutes, Don Hewitt on May 25 stepped down as the program's executive producer. In the following extended interview, Terence Smith speaks with Hewitt about the changes in broadcast news, the role of the media in…

U.S. forces in Iraq continued their fight today to wrest control of the southern Shiite cities of Najaf and Kufa from militias loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Gwen Ifill gets an update from New York Times reporter Dexter Filkins…

Ahead of the president's address, three regional experts assess what the president should focus on ahead of the transition and the proposal America and Britain are pushing in the United Nations.

The Washington Post today printed new photos of alleged abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad and posted a video of the incidents on its Web site. Terence Smith discusses the decision to publish the pictures with the Post's…