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Essayist Richard Rodriguez argues that some American politicians and religious leaders have successfully shortened the separation between the political assembly and the pulpit and allowed America to see itself as the Judeo-Christian nation against which Osama bin Laden said he…

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts named North Carolina Sen. John Edwards as his vice presidential running mate. Kwame Holman reports on the announcement. Margaret Warner follows up in a discussion of Edwards' experience with two reporters from…

Several U.S. lawmakers who traveled to the Darfur region of Sudan with Secretary of State Colin Powell last week called on the government of Sudan to do more to end the "ethnic cleansing" which has killed at least 10,000. Ray…

The New York Times reported that Saddam Hussein has not yet provided any useful intelligence to U.S. authorities about his purported possession of weapons of mass destruction or his regime's alleged links to al-Qaida. Margaret Warner discusses Saddam's court appearance…

Saddam Hussein was defiant today at his first court appearance, where he refused to sign a list of charges against him. Correspondent Kwame Holman looks at what Saddam said in his defense. Margaret Warner discusses the arraignment with Newsweek magazine's…