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Following a report on the U.N. investigation that implicated Syrian officials in the death of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in February, two experts discuss the details of the plot.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas discusses the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, the road map to peace and allowing Hamas, an organization that Israel considers a terrorist group, to participate in January's Palestinian elections.

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Boston Globe columnist Tom Oliphant discuss senators' reactions to Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, Tom DeLay's indictment on charges of money laundering, the CIA leak investigation and the war in Iraq.