An MP's wife has been committed for trial in Birmingham accused of burgling the house of her husband's lover and stealing a kitten.

In his year-end strategy review, President Obama says al Qaeda's senior leadership is weaker than it's been since the U.S. invasion and troops will begin leaving in July as scheduled. David Martin reports.

Defense Department officials tout progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan; anticipate to troop reduction in 2011.

The President says that we have made significant progress towards the goal of disrupting and dismantling Al-Qaeda in a statement to the press after participating in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Annual Review.

A brigadier general says Americans will be targeted for execution in retaliation for attacks on two of Iran's leading nuclear experts.

Gov. Bill Richardson tells CNN's Wolf Blitzer he hopes to get North Korea to back away from its nuclear ambitions.

Shelley Berkley D-NV., says the tax deal is a "pill to swallow."

Tom Foreman explains what the START accord would mean to the U.S., Russia and the rest of the world.

Experts Peter Galbraith and Andrew Exum debate how fast the U.S. should transition its role in Afghanistan.

The US government has announced a lawsuit against BP and eight other companies over the damage caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Hillary Clinton, U. S. Secretary of State: A just and permanent peace in the Middle East in mandatory.

Dramatic footage of British soldiers under fire from insurgents in central Helmand as Barack Obama says US troops are ready to pull out.

Guests reflect on the career of recently deceased Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, calling him "the consummate diplomat."

The Abu Dhabi Gallup Center reveals findings from its new report.

Bob Schieffer, Dr. John Hamre, Karen DeYoung, and Scott Shane on Wikileaks