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Appointed India's Ambassador to the U.S. just four months ago, career diplomat Meera Shankar has a lot on her plate. We discuss somewhat prickly U.S. - India relations; the Indian view of President Obama's administration and policies; the global economy and India's concern over U.S. protectionism; Indian relations with Pakistan and Afghanistan; the U.S. - India Nuclear Deal; and India's response to terrorism.

Deadly bombings occur nearly every day in Baghdad, or elsewhere in Iraq. In the month of February, attacks continued to focus on the markets that are at the center of Iraqi life. They are prime targets for an insurgency seeking to disrupt the rhythms of life.

Ombudsman Alicia Shepard for National Public Radio talks about ethics in journalism today. If it looks like torture, sounds like torture and apparently feels like torture, should reporters call it torture? Is the term health care reform actually a partisan slap against our current form of health care? Shepard answers these and other questions.

Italy's foreign minister, Massimo D'Alema, travels to Jerusalem on Sunday to help find a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Lebanon. So far, calls for restraint have been ignored. Italy has offered to send troops to any multinational peacekeeping force, and Prime Minister Romano Prodi wants Italy to act as a "facilitator" in the Middle East.

What kind of relief have San Diego residents provided to the earthquake victims in Haiti? We speak to two locals about the work their relief organizations are doing in Haiti.

St. Bernard Parish in Louisiana says it will demolish 4,000 homes that were never reclaimed after the flood from Hurricane Katrina. The owners of these homes have not responded to efforts to reach them. Now the local government is ready to take action.

Washington Post columnist David Ignatius says Iranians feel their nation's star is rising. Talk of a coming conflict with the U.S. is largely dismissed. Ignatius tells Robert Siegel about his recent trip to Iran.

Since multinational forces invaded Iraq in 2003, there have been hundreds of bombings and attacks. But there have also been elections. David Corn of Mother Jones and Michael Rubin of the American Enterprise Institute discuss Iraq today, and if it has been worth the cost.

Both houses of Congress are working on legislation that would make health care a right afforded to all Americans. What are the details of the House and Senate proposals? And, what are the major roadblocks Democrats will face in their health care reform efforts?

The Congolese government is trying to get a renegade militia with ties to the Rwandan government to put down their weapons. Some soldiers have disarmed, but an upsurge in violence in eastern Congo has many fearing a renewed war.