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President Bush met Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House. The meeting comes one day after the three leaders announced their goal of crafting a peace treaty by the end of 2008.

President Bush pledges to be actively involved in upcoming peace talks by Israeli and Palestinian leaders. The president characterized the agreement to hold talks as a beginning.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been criticized as a diplomatic puppet for the Bush administration, but in recent months she has been shaping a foreign policy that could become her legacy. Biographer Marcus Mabry talks about her work behind the scenes.

In Lebanon, politicians and foreign diplomats have been engaged in last-minute talks, trying to choose a new president and avoid plunging Lebanon into a dangerous political power vacuum. The current Lebanese president is due to step down at midnight Friday.

All the Democratic presidential candidates say they want to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq. But they differ on how fast this should be done and whether any forces should remain to train Iraqis and go after al-Qaida.

America's No. 2 diplomat has ended his weekend visit to Islamabad, Pakistan. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met Saturday with military ruler Pervez Musharraf, telling the general to lift emergency rule and release all political detainees. Musharraf seems to be holding his ground.

Imran Khan, former star cricket player who used his fame to elbow his way into Pakistan's political elite, was arrested at a student rally. He is an eloquent and outspoken critic of Musharraf, and had been on the run from police after fleeing house arrest.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has offered to help the Mexican government respond to massive flooding in the southern state of Tabasco. About 80 percent of the state is underwater. KPBS reporter Amy I

President Bush is set to welcome German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Their talks are likely to center on Iran's nuclear ambitions. Berlin has been disappointed with Tehran's response to German attempts to reduce the tension, but the German public is more suspicious of America's motives.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has offered to help the Mexican government respond to massive flooding in the southern state of Tabasco. About 80-percent of the state is underwater. KPBS reporter Amy I