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Jan 03

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Interviews With the GOP Candidates

Tuesday's Iowa caucuses will help determine who among the Republican presidential contenders goes forward. Catch up on all of the candidates' views with the conversations and links below, as well as on our politics page. Texas…

Getty Images Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is expected to unveil his plan later this week for cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from the U.S. military budget in coming years. He will address this and other matters related to…

Mitt Romney greets supporters during a rally Monday at the Weber Paper Company in Dubuque, Iowa. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. On Tuesday evening, Iowa's Republicans will gather at 1,774 precincts to select their choice to be the GOP's…

UPDATE Jan. 12. We post a special report with a series of audio, text and video responses from Syrian Americans who responded to our Public Insight Network query. UPDATE Jan. 9: Newshour Correspondent Hari Sreenivasan hosted a live…

Jan 03

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Iowans listen to Texas Rep. Ron Paul last week during a town hall meeting at the Sioux Center Public Library. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Everyone likes to win, but sometimes it's better to finish second. Up in the northwest…