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Kwame Holman reports on calls made by some members of Congress for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld over his part in allegedly covering up the prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq. Lawrence Korb and James Woolsey offer their perspective…

President Bush often explains the war on terror in religious terms of good and evil. Jeffrey Brown speaks with University of Chicago theological scholars Jean Bethke Elshtain and Martin Marty about the role of religion in public discourse.

President Bush appeared on the U.S.-sponsored Arab television channel Al-Hurra on Wednesday in an effort to assuage the clamor over published photos depicting the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers. The following is text of his interview with Al-Hurra…

In a new burst of presidential campaign activity, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and President Bush have been focusing their efforts and advertising on key battleground states around the country. Terence Smith looks at some of the speeches and campaign commercials…