Politics

Re-Election of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder

Spencer Michels provides some background on U.S.- German relations following the successful German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's successful re-election bid.

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White House Sends National Security Strategy to Congress

The Bush administration sent a new national security strategy to Congress Friday advocating a policy of preemption in defending the U.S. against hostile states and terrorists.

New Security Strategy

Margaret Warner discusses President Bush's new security strategy plan with two former State and Defense Department officials from the Reagan Administration.

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Background: Security Plan

Kwame Holman reports on the President's new national security strategy of preemptive action.

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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov

The Russian defense minister discusses the U.S. stance on Iraq, and his country's concerns about alleged terrorist incursions from neighboring Georgia.

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Text of President Bush’s Draft Resolution

By PBS News Hour

The following is the entire text of President Bush's proposed congressional resolution.

Israel Responds to Suicide Bus Bombing

Israeli tanks surrounded and reportedly fired on the Ramallah headquarters of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat Thursday.

President Bush Sends Iraq Resolution to Congress

President Bush sent Congress a draft resolution Thursday that would authorize, if necessary, the use of military force to implement United Nations resolutions against Iraq, saying that the U.S. may take action with or without U.N. support.

Use of Force in Iraq?

President Bush on Thursday sent a proposed resolution to Congress authorizing military force, if necessary, against Iraq. Four U.S. senators discuss the president's proposal and Secretary Powell's testimony on the Iraqi threat.

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U.S. Had "Steady Stream" of Pre-9/11 Warnings

U.S. intelligence agencies provided "a modest, but relatively steady stream" of intelligence information that terrorist attacks inside the country were a possibility, a congressional investigator told lawmakers Wednesday.