A Commonwealth Club of California speech by best-selling author David Frum. He is co-author of the new book, <i>An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror</i>. ( 02/09/2004)

The White House vowed Tuesday that a probe into intelligence used to justify the Iraq war would be independent despite Democratic complaints the commission would be handpicked by President Bush. ( 02/04/2004)

A discussion of the prospects for elections and a constitution in Iraq, and a possible role for the United Nations. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday he would send a team to Iraq, security permitting, to see if elections can be held before a mid-year power transfer, as a revered Shi'ite cleric has demanded. ( 01/27/2004)

A Minnesotan recently returned from Iraq says people there are happy the old regime is gone, but are fearful of the criminals preying on them. Sami Rasouli is an Iraqi-American and a Minneapolis businessman. He was born and raised in Najaf, a southern Iraq city where people suffered severe repression under Saddam Hussein. Rasouli visited several of his sisters still living in the country. (01/20/2004)

Can the United States create democracies in other nations? &quot;Exporting Democracy&quot;, from National Public Radio's <i>Justice Talking</i> series, looks at that question. ( 12/29/2003)

Now that Saddam Hussein is being held by the U.S., the question becomes, is he a POW or a war criminal? President Bush has said the former dictator should be tried, but it's up to Iraqis to decide how. ( 12/17/2003)

Monday's major foreign policy address by the leading Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean. He spoke to the Pacific Council in Los Angeles, California. ( 12/16/2003)

The capture of Saddam Hussein is providing intelligence that has led to the arrests of key figures in the anti-U.S. insurgency and a clearer picture of what role the ousted dictator played, a U.S. general told The Associated Press on Monday. ( 12/16/2003)

President Bush promised a fair, public trial for Saddam Hussein on Monday but also said &quot;he's a torturer and a killer&quot; and can't be trusted to tell interrogators the truth about weapons of mass destruction or attacks against Americans in Iraq. (12/15/2003)

&quot;I'm Saddam Hussein,&quot; the man with the scruffy beard said in English when U.S. troops found him in a dirt hole. U.S. officers who captured the 66-year-old former dictator in the hole next to a hut in Iraq Saturday could not believe how easy it was to take Saddam after eight months of hunting. ( 12/15/2003)

Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was captured in a town near Tikrit. President Bush hailed his capture as the end of &quot;a dark and painful era&quot; in the history of Iraq. ( 12/15/2003)

U.S. military officials say attacks have killed 54 Iraqis following weekend ambushes that claimed the lives of Spanish intelligence agents and South Korean and Columbian civilian workers. Iraqis say far fewer were killed. At the same time, a Shiite cleric is pressuring the Iraqi Governing Council to hold elections next year. ( 12/02/2003)

President Bush made a surprise Thanksgiving visit to American troops in Baghdad Thursday, flying secretly to violence-scarred Iraq to thank U.S. forces for serving there. It was the first trip ever by an American president to Iraq - a mission tense with concern about his safety. (11/27/2003)

President Bush is in London -- with plans to forcefully defend his invasion of Iraq to a skeptical British public. The main welcome ceremony is set for Wednesday morning at Buckingham Palace. Afterward, Bush delivers what the White House is calling a major foreign policy speech at London's Banqueting House. ( 11/19/2003)

After landing in London Tuesday afternoon for a three-day stay amid lots of protests and even more security, Bush arrived at Buckingham Palace. He gives a speech Wednesday to convince skeptical Britons that the war in Iraq was necessary. ( 11/19/2003)