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As U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan ends his tenure, many of his key advisers are also moving on. Jan Egeland will depart after three years as the top adviser to Annan on humanitarian issues.

When the last Soviet general left Afghanistan in 1989, he declared that none of his soldiers were left behind. But at least one never went home. Gennady Tseuma was captured by mujahedeen fighters and forced to become a Muslim.

The Iraq Study Group has recommended pulling most combat troops out of Iraq by 2008. Madeleine Brand speaks with John Burns, the Baghdad bureau's chief for the New York Times, about how people in Iraq are responding to the report.

The Iraq Study Group's new report has already drawn criticism from some conservatives. Robert Kagan, contributing editor to the Weekly Standard, disagrees with most of the report's recommendations. He shares his thoughts with Mike Pesca.

Members of an Islamist militia have taken over much of Somalia, and the U.N. Security Council has authorized a regional force to protect the nation's interim government. Some wonder whether international diplomatic efforts can stem the violent power struggle in Somalia.

Robert Malley, the Middle East and North Africa Program Director of the International Crisis Group, talks about Syria's reaction on the Iraq Study Group report. He speaks with Deborah Amos from Damascus, where Malley is meeting with Syrian officials.

Alan Simpson and William Perry were members of the Iraq Study Group and helped write the panel's report. Perry served as Bill Clinton's secretary of defense and Republican Simpson served in the Senate from 1979 to 1997. The two tell Deborah Amos about the compromises reached to write the report.

The Iraq Study Group is recommending that the Bush administration launch a diplomatic offensive in the Middle East that would encompass both Iraq's neighbors and the larger issue of the Arab-Israeli conflict. It's a suggestion that many are ready to reject.

Now that the Iraq Study Group report is out, conservatives are no happier than they were with the leaked information about it. Many say it amounts to a call for surrender. Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham have been among those calling for more U.S. troops to fight the insurgency.

The Iraq Study Group presents its report on recommendations for Iraq policy today. Madeleine Brand talks to White House Correspondent Don Gonyea about President Bush's reaction to the report.