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IT'S BEEN 11 years since I looked through a photo album smuggled out of Afghanistan by a brave young woman.

Mikhail Gorbachev supports a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. The former president of the Soviet Union spoke to CNN's John King Sunday on State Of The Union and after talking about the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Gorbachev suggested that the US revisit the Kremlin's efforts to control Afghanistan as the US plans its next ...

The morning after the House of Representatives narrowly passed a health-care bill, Virginia Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell said the "public option does not seem to be something that's going to help us in Virginia." The national debate over health care was one of the topics McDonnell addressed during appearances on two Sunday morning shows -- CNN's "State ...

General George Casey The U.S. Army's Chief of Staff says he is concerned about speculation regarding the Muslim faith of the man who allegedly killed 13 people and wounded 30 others at a U.S. military base.

Sunday morning: Former reporter Jayson Blair on 'Fox News Sunday'; Mikhail Gorbachev on CNN's 'State of the Union' Jayson Blair, the former New York Times reporter who made up stories, will be a guest on " Fox News Sunday" this weekend.

Passing a health care overhaul bill might be one of the hardest things Congress has ever attempted.

The Republican Minority Leader in the House was pushed on Sunday to explain just why the party had not introduced a counter-proposal to Democrat-led efforts to overhaul the health care system.

WASHINGTON -- Actress Cate Blanchett, who has played Queen Elizabeth I, is performing here, portraying someone less than regal -- flurried, anxious Blanche DuBois, in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire." If Obama administration officials involved in formulating Afghanistan policy see her, they should wince when she speaks DuBois' ...

If Democrats suffer a loss in an upstate New York congressional race Tuesday, it could well spark an uneasy celebration among Republican leaders.

One day after withdrawing from the race for the vacant congressional seat of New York's 23rd district, Dede Scozzafava proved her unworthiness for support by "real" Republicans of the ideological right-wing base of the GOP, and endorsed the Democratic candidate, Bill Owens.

Video: Barbour gets 'The Last Word' "I think it's a great overstatement to say this a referendum on President Obama ," said Mississippi Gov.

House Republican leader John Boehner says the GOP wants moderates in the party and calls the special election for a New York congressional seat an unusual situation.

Meet the Press : Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner ; Obama '08 Campaign Manager David Plouffe ; Roundtable : Author Jonm Krakauer , Jim Miklaszewski and Andrea Mitchell .

Editor's note: On CNN's " State of the Union ," host and chief national correspondent John King goes outside the Beltway to report on issues affecting communities across the country.

Days after the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, agreed to a runoff following August's disputed election in Afghanistan, CNN's Fareed Zakaria scores an interview with Mr.

A key Democratic senator says he may be open to a government-run insurance program that allows states to participate only if they ask to participate.

Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch raised the prospect that President Barack Obama is waiting until after this year's gubernatorial election in New Jersey and Virginia before he makes a decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan.

Democrats pushed back forcefully against Dick Cheney on Sunday for comments the former vice president made accusing President Barack Obama of "dithering" on Afghanistan.

State of the Union With John King. Topics: runoff election in Afghanistan; health care.

The candidate who will face Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a runoff election next month said Friday that he won't join Karzai's government if the incumbent wins another term, but instead will remain in opposition.