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A weekend assault in Saudi Arabia killed 22 people, mainly foreign oil industry workers. Gwen Ifill speaks with New York Times reporter Neil MacFarquhar about the attack and the search for the three of four gunmen who remain at large.

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the recent speeches President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., made on Iraq and the role of former Vice President Al Gore in the presidential campaign.

Sen. John Kerry focused on national security in a speech Thursday that criticized President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq. Margaret Warner gets perspectives on Kerry's proposed policies from Clinton-era Secretary of Defense William Perry and Sen. George Allen,…

Oregon voters have not approved a hike of the state income tax in 75 years, but with fewer people on payrolls, local schools are feeling the squeeze from decreased state revenue. Lee Hochberg looks at tax and spend politics in…