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President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., offered opposing views of the war in Iraq during campaign appearances this week. The president spoke today at a rally in Marquette, Mich., and Kerry addressed the issue during a…

Iraqi Interim President Ghazi al-Yawer agreed Monday to offer amnesty to insurgents who are not accused of violent crimes like the murder of three American troops over the weekend. Gwen Ifill discusses the latest diplomatic and military developments in Iraq…

The World Court ruled last week that Israel's West Bank barrier violates international law and should be removed. That ruling followed a June 30 Israeli Supreme Court decision that stated sections of the wall infringed on Palestinians' rights. Two experts…

The Senate Intelligence Committee released a report chiding the CIA and other intelligence agencies for failures in their analysis of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs prior to the U.S.-led invasion last spring. Kwame Holman reviews the committee's report.

Jeffrey Brown gets additional perspectives on the committee's findings from David Kay, the former lead weapons inspector in Iraq for the United Nations and the United States; Larry Johnson, a former CIA analyst and State Department official; and Peter Brookes,…