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The Obama administration faces a Rubik's Cube of policy problems in Iran, including Tehran's nuclear activities, its hostility to Israel, its role in Iraq and Afghanistan, its support for Hamas and Hezbollah and the nature of the Islamic Republic itself.

Instead of gathering leaders from the Group of Eight to talk about the financial crisis, the Group of 20 is converging on Washington, D.C., this week. The Bush administration is playing down expectations, but economic experts say pressure will be put on the new Obama administration.

The senior diplomatic fellow at the Center For Arms Control and Non-Proliferation says Iraq has already divided up among ethnic lines and the U.S. shouldn't be in the business of putting it back together.

President George W. Bush met with President-elect Barack Obama behind closed doors for two hours at the White House on Monday, in a symbolic passing-of-the-torch discussion.

President-elect Obama and President Bush held their first face-to-face meeting Monday, an Oval Office session that comes during a historic shifting of power to a new administration.

When asked the seemingly benign question, "What does this election mean to you?" I have trouble giving an uplifting answer. I'm sure a lot of voters (

Election Day Hope and Fears

The Syrian government says U.S. helicopters delivered troops into Syrian territory Sunday, and attacked a building and killed eight civilians. Syria officials called the incident inside its border with Iraq "serious aggression." The Pentagon has not commented. U.S. officials have complained that Sunni insurgents use Syria as a base for sending fighters and weapons into Iraq.

Spreading democracy worldwide may continue with the new president, but policies will likely look different than they did under the Bush administration. Both candidates have close ties to international democracy-promoting organizations.

European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels, just days after injecting billions of dollars into the financial system to loosen the credit market and bail out banks. The plan, involving 15 Eurozone countries, will be ironed out Wednesday.