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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 in favor of sending the nomination of Judge John Roberts as chief justice of the United States to the full Senate. All ten Republicans and three Democrats praised Roberts' qualifications but five Democrats said…

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and chief U.S. negotiator with North Korea Christopher Hill talks about North Korea and its nuclear weapons program.

Former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker, co-chairmen of the National Commission on Federal Election Reform, discuss their newly released recommendations for federal election reform.

In a speech in New Orleans, President Bush promised the federal government would help clean up the damage inflicted upon the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina. A report from New Orleans captures reactions from politicians and survivors.