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Two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson is still introducing himself to voters. The former senator from Tennessee is following a more traditional political path — a bus tour across the rural sections of Iowa.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. The goal of her unannounced visit is to urge reconciliation among Kurds, Arabs and Turks in the oil-rich region 150 miles south of Baghdad.

Presidential candidates Mike Huckabee, a Republican, and Barack Obama, a Democrat, win decisive victories in the Iowa caucuses. Obama won by a nine-point margin over John Edwards and Hillary Clinton. Huckabee beat Mitt Romney.

Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed after being shot in the neck and chest as she was leaving a rally in Rawalpindi. Rashed Rehman, the executive editor of the Post newspaper in Lahore, recalls meeting Bhutto when she was campaigning in Lahore.

The chaos following the assassination of Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto may mean the parliamentary elections she planned to contest will be postponed. Government officials are due to decide Tuesday whether to go ahead with the vote now scheduled for next week.

President Bush's final State of the Union speech focused on the bi-partisan economic stimulus package, the war in Iraq and support for military families. House Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina offers analysis of the President's speech and the race for the White House.

President Bush's final State of the Union address prompts praise from Republicans and a lukewarm reaction from many Democrats.

Arizona Sen. John McCain's win in Florida's Republican primary makes him the clear front-runner in the GOP presidential race. And he tried out that role at a post-election appearance.

President Bush announced in Monday's State of the Union address that he plans to double the funding for his Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. But critics say there's less to that increase in money than meets the eye.

Sen. Barack Obama's presidential bid picked up a key endorsement Monday from Sen. Edward Kennedy — along with some other Kennedys. Sen. Kennedy, a major Democratic player for decades, had been courted by the Clintons, who requested that he remain neutral.