Margaret Warner gets media perspectives from around the country on the Bush administration's responses to security concerns in Iraq, the decision to extend some U.S. troop deployments there and other developments from four editorial page editors.

Following military reports saying insurgents are withdrawing from key Iraqi cities Monday, Ray Suarez discusses the latest developments with New York Times Baghdad bureau chief John Burns.

Militias loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr retained control of the southern Iraqi cities of Najaf and Kufa today, but coalition forces took back Kut and asked for a truce in Fallujah. Kwame Holman reports a roundup of the today's…

Iraqi insurgents kidnapped eight South Koreans, three Japanese and two Arab Israelis in separate incidents Thursday. Militants threatened to burn the Japanese alive if Tokyo does not withdraw its troops from Iraq. Margaret Warner gets an update on the violence…