Politics

Taking the first major step toward a war crimes trial, Yugoslav police are investigating the role of former president Slobodan Milosevic in covering up a massacre of ethnic Albanians.

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NewsHour regulars Mark Shields and Rich Lowry discuss this week's political upheaval following Sen. Jeffords' resignation from the Republican Party.

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The Secretary of Defense discusses military strategy, the president's defense initiatives and the coming power shift in the Senate.

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Margaret Warner talks with Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute and Sarah Binder of the Brookings Institution about the shift of power in the Senate.

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Spokesmen for Afghanistan's ruling Taliban today blasted foreign governments for launching a "propaganda drive" against them.

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Vermont Senator James Jeffords Thursday announced he is leaving the Republican Party to become an independent.

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The White House Chief of Staff reacts to Sen. Jeffords' decision to leave the Republican Party.

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Senators Hutchison (R-Texas), Specter (R-Penn.), Reid (D-Nev.) and Dorgan (D-N.D.) discuss the balance of power in the Senate following Sen. Jeffords' announcement.

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Excerpts from Thursday's announcement by Vermont Senator James Jeffords that he will leave the Republican Party.

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Ray Suarez talks with historians Michael Beschloss and Doris Kearns Goodwin, author Haynes Johnson, and former Republican Congressman Mickey Edwards of Oklahoma.

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