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President Bush nominated Judge Michael Mukasey to be the next attorney general. And if the Senate confirms him, he will have only 16 months on the job. That's a short amount of time to accomplish a long list of tasks, including restoring morale at the Department of Justice and domestic spying.

The Iraqi government has recently decided to temporarily ban the private security contractor Blackwater USA after a deadly gunfight broke out in Baghdad. Guests discuss the role of American private contractors in Iraq and their participation in military operations.

The Senate rejects passage of legislation that would have given Guantanamo detainees and others the right to challenge their detentions in federal court. The 56-43 vote was just four short of what was needed.

Growing emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, could make projections for global warming far worse than estimated. Katey Walter, 31, is one of the first scientists to measure methane released from thawing permafrost in Alaska and Siberia.

German officials say that they've disrupted a terrorist plot to attack Frankfurt's international airport, as well as the U.S. military base at Ramstein. A German federal prosecutor says the three suspects trained in Pakistan and aimed to make bombs larger than those used in previous attacks in London and Madrid.

Reports are already in about the progress of the war in Iraq and managing after the U.S. leaves. One report is from retired Marine Gen. James Jones who Congress asked to assess Iraq's national police force. His report describes an overly sectarian force.

An excellent work of people-first journalism, Donovan X. Ramsey's book offers a vivid and frank history and highlights how communities tend to save themselves even as they're being targeted.

Asthma accounts for two million emergency room visits a year, with September being the peak month for attacks that send children to hospital emergency rooms. The National Institutes of Health is encouraging doctors to create asthma action plans with young patients.

Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker are on Capitol Hill for a second day of hearings, continuing to give lawmakers their assessments of the progress made in Iraq. Facing a more skeptical Senate panel, Crocker and Petraeus reiterated points they made in House testimony Monday.

Ford says it will extend contract talks in Detroit beyond the midnight deadline. General Motors and Chrysler may do so as well. Each company says it needs major changes from the United Auto Workers if they are to survive.