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The executive at the center of the government's fraud suit against Goldman Sachs told lawmakers Tuesday that the complex financial product at the center of the suit was not purposely designed to fail.

In Defeat, reporter Jonathan Steele contends that the Bush administration, by failing to balance military strategy with cultural sensitivities, was fighting an unwinnable battle from the day it invaded Iraq.

Researchers have referred to Asperger's as high-functioning autism for years, but it's never been listed officially as a form of autism by the American Psychiatric Association. But an updated edition of a mental health disorder guide now says Asperger's really is a form of autism — and some of those with Asperger's are objecting.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says California residents pay more in federal taxes than they receive. He travels to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to make a long-shot request for $7 billion in new federal money for his state.

U.S. Marines and their Afghan counterparts are tightening their hold on the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, in southern Afghanistan. But hundreds of deadly homemade bombs, or IEDs, remain behind.

Senior members of the Obama administration met with Mexican officials Tuesday to pledge support for that country's war on drugs. Mexico continues to spiral into a cycle of violence among warring drug cartels as support from the U.S. hinges on a new approach: less military support and more civilian defense. But after years of failed policy, some wonder if the strategy is too little, too late. Guest host Allison Keyes speaks with reporter Dudley Althaus, who lead's the Mexico City bureau for the Houston Chronicle.

Sen. John McCain intensified his assault on efforts to repeal the military's ban on openly gay service members at a hearing Thursday. But at least two other Senate Republicans -- Susan Collins and Scott Brown -- appeared open to supporting an end to the ban, as did Democrat Jim Webb.

French voters are due in the polls Sunday for a hotly contested presidential election that hinges on voters who have yet to make up their minds. Polls say only 40 percent of French voters are certain of who they will vote for.

A Cognac for Cormac

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