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Jeffrey Kaye looks at how the wide acceptance of identification cards issued by Mexican consulates has blurred the line between legal and illegal immigrants in the United States.

Afghanistan's loya jirga grand council agreed on a new Constitution Sunday which establishes a strong central role for the presidency and Islam but broad rights for women and minority languages. Terence Smith discusses the compromises in the new Constitution with…

Ray Suarez speaks with New York Times columnist David Brooks and Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page about the investigation into the leak of a CIA agent's identity and the Bush administration's housecleaning this past week.

Delegates to the Afghan loya jirga put off consideration of a draft constitution after those opposed to interim leader Hamid Karzai boycotted efforts to vote on key provisions of the charter for the war-torn nation's first post-Taliban government.

Terence Smith asks five eminent American historians about how their field will remember 2003. Michael Beschloss, Haynes Johnson, Diane Kunz, Richard Norton Smith and Roger Wilkins join Smith to discuss the Iraq war and the other historic developments of the…

Since the capture of Saddam Hussein, U.S. interrogators have been questioning the former Iraqi leader seeking information on the anti-coalition insurgency, weapons of mass destruction and other matters. Two intelligence experts assess what Saddam might know and how American officials…

U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft recused himself Tuesday from the investigation into the disclosure of an undercover CIA officer. The Justice Department named U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald as a special counsel to oversee the investigation. Elaine Shannon of Time magazine…