Obama in China. Healthcare crunch time in the Senate. And the mammogram controversy rages on. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Fort Hood questions. Afghanistan options and healthcare reform meets abortion politics. Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Horror at Fort Hood. Election signals. And an imminent vote on health care. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Matthew Hoh, a former Marine captain, became the first foreign service official to publicly resign in protest over the war in Afghanistan. The move has generated a lot of reaction. You can read Hoh’s resignation letter, posted by The Washington Post, which reported on it here.

The U.S. economy grows. Bombs from Baghdad to Pakistan. And a vaccine shortage all over. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Taliban rising and fighting. We’ll ask who and what the Taliban really is today.

Pay cuts for bailout executives. Afghanistan schedules a runoff vote as Pakistan and the Taliban go at it. And the “public option” is back. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

We talk to reporters who have been on the front lines in Afghanistan, and discuss how President Obama’s decision on troops might play out on the ground.

President Obama’s Nobel Prize. War council in Washington. Gold soars, and the dollar slides. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Talks open with Iran. Saturn bites the dust. Earthquake in Sumatra and tsunami in Samoa. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Vietnam War critic Daniel Ellsberg and Iraq War critic and Colin Powell’s right-hand man, Lawrence Wilkerson, say we need to take a long, hard look at Afghanistan.

Max Baucus rolls out a healthcare plan. Missile defense. Murder at Yale. Jimmy Carter talks race. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin said in our first hour today that President Obama’s strategy for the war in Afghanistan is “unwise” and that the administration should not increase the U.S. military commitment there.

President Obama faces his biggest decision as commander in chief — on Afghanistan. We’ll look at the policy debate in Washington.

Election in Afghanistan. Democrats push back on health care. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

He walked across Afghanistan. Now, on the eve of elections, we’ll talk with Rory Stewart about what’s at stake as the country goes to the polls.

Our first hour today got down deep into the battle going on right now in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. If you want a sense of what it’s like on the front lines, there are some striking photos and videos to check out online.

A hot summer in Afghanistan. Coalition forces pushing village by village into Taliban turf. We’ll go to the front lines — and strategy — of the Afghan push.

A U.S. offensive in Afghanistan. Al Franken heads to the Senate. Mark Sanford keeps talking. And unemployment keeps rising. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

For Memorial Day, we talk with veteran and scholar Andrew Bacevich about America, war, and the world: troops, leaders, and fateful choices.