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President Bush on Wednesday endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's proposal to withdraw from the Palestinian territory in the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank. Gwen Ifill gets two perspectives.

Following a background report from Kwame Holman, Gwen Ifill and foreign policy columnists discuss the political fallout over a presidential daily brief that showed what President Bush knew about al-Qaida before the 9/11 attacks.

National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice testified that "no silver bullet" could have prevented the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Kwame Holman reports on Rice's testimony before the 9/11 commission.