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U.N. Ambassador John Bolton will be leaving his post when his recess appointment ends in the next few weeks. The White House had sought to keep Bolton in the job, but could not rally enough support in Congress to have him confirmed.

A confirmation hearing for Robert Gates before the Senate Armed Services Committee is scheduled for Tuesday. President Bush nominated the former CIA director to replace Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez easily won re-election, securing more than 60 percent of the votes cast in Sunday's presidential election. Voters provided him with a new mandate to broaden his socialist revolution. His third term runs until 2012.

The military promises to help soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with emotional problems, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. But an NPR investigation at one base in Colorado finds that soldiers aren't getting the services they need.

The Supreme Court re-enters the world of school desegregation on Monday. In cases from Louisville, Ky., and Seattle, the justices will examine what, if any, steps school boards may use to ensure that schools are racially mixed.

Venezuelans hit the polls Sunday for the country's presidential elections. President Hugo Chavez is expected to win easily over his opponent, Manuel Rosales. But fears of protest have prompted the government to deploy more than 125,000 soldiers across the country to keep violence to a minimum.

Mexico's recent political strife has migrated to Chicago... in a quieter form. No public fisticuffs, no brawling over the installation of President Felipe Calderon. Instead, supporters of opposition leader Manuel Lopez Obrador's PRD party have set up what they call an "alternate consulate."

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At the stroke of midnight, Felipe Calderon took power as Mexico's president. A larger, formal ceremony took place later in the day.

Iraq's prime minister says he thinks his country's forces will be ready to take full control of Iraq's security by next June. Nouri al-Maliki and President Bush discussed the issue at their meeting earlier today in Jordan.