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In an interview with Robert Siegel, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi touts Democratic accomplishments in Congress in the past 10 months, but acknowledges that the lack of action on changing the course in Iraq has eclipsed everything they have achieved this year. She also discusses the ongoing negotiations with the White House on SCHIP.

More than 100 Buddhist monks march peacefully in northern Myanmar in the first such public demonstration since the country's military regime launched a bloody crackdown last month on pro-democracy activists.

Lawmakers say bargaining has begun in earnest over who will lead the embattled country of Lebanon, with the clock ticking toward a constitutional crisis if the U.S.-backed majority and the Syrian-supported opposition can't agree on a consensus candidate.

President Bush on Tuesday nominated retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James Peake to direct the Department of Veterans Affairs. The department faces increasing challenges to provide services for wounded troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

All San Diego schools re-opened after being closed for six days due to the fires. Meanwhile, in Poway one of the schools most affected by the fires reopened yesterday. For the campus community it was

One of the worst fears of solo radio reporters in the field is recording interviews and sounds for a story only to come back to the studio to discover that sound was not recorded. I'll spare you details about why and how this can happen (operator error to equipment failure). But this past week as some people lost their homes and lives to the wildfires, I lost the ability to let them tell their stories.

Lost Audio, Lost Homes, Lost Lives

The tiny town of Potrero east of San Diego first made national headlines this year when many of its residents opposed Blackwater USA's plan to build a military training camp on an old cattle ranch. A

Always politically minded, chess master Garry Kasparov is now running for president of Russia. He's the leader of an opposition coalition known as The Other Russia. He has also published a new book, called How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom.

The U.S. has announced new sanctions against Iran, which some see as a way to avoid war and others as a precursor to it. David Cortright, author of Sanctions and the Search for Security and Sanctions Decade, explores the implications.