U.S. administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer asked senators today to approve $87 billion for reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Experts offer their opinions on the effectiveness of Bremer's reconstruction plans for Iraq.

As violence continues in postwar Iraq and new Iraqi security forces begin to take shape, former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, the outgoing interim minister of the interior in Iraq, discusses security and postwar efforts in the war-torn…

Secretary of State Colin Powell met in Geneva with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and other members of the U.N. Security Council to discuss the U.S. timetable for control of Iraq. France's ambassador to the United States Jean-David Levitte offers the…