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Two U.S. soldiers died in Iraq -- one after a mine exploded and the other from injuries he received in an ambush Tuesday. Jim Lehrer speaks with New York Times reporter Edmund Andrews about violence against coalition forces and the…

Terence Smith discusses the recent closure of Russia's last independent TV broadcaster, TVS, and the Russian parliament's proposed bill to restrict press coverage of the upcoming elections with Ellen Mickiewicz and Yevgeny Kiselyov.

Terence Smith gauges the public's reaction to the Supreme Court's affirmative action decisions with four editorial page editors from across the country.