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James Dobbins was an adviser to the Iraq Study Group, which presents its report today. Mike Pesca speaks with Dobbins, who is director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation, about the report.

The Iraq Study Group report was released this morning. Among its recommendations: new diplomatic efforts in Iraq and the region, and a change in the mission that will allow U.S. combat forces to leave Iraq.

President Bush receives the report of the Iraq Study Group on U.S. strategy in Iraq. The bipartisan commission spent more than nine months interviewing dozens of experts, and analyzing possible strategies to help stabilize Iraq.

Defense Secretary nominee Robert Gates wins the unanimous approval of the Senate Armed Services Committee, after telling senators he's open to new ideas about concluding the war in Iraq -- and warning of the potential for a "regional conflagration."

U.N. Ambassador John Bolton announces that he will step down at the end of his temporary appointment, which expires in a few weeks along with the current session of Congress. Bolton faced a tough, if not impossible, fight for Senate confirmation.

Hoping to stabilize the security situation in Iraq, President Bush is turning to diplomacy. Last week, he met with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Jordan, and the White House has confirmed that Mr. Bush will meet this week with Iraq's most influential Shiite leader, Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim.

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."

Members of the Iraq Study Group are expected to make their recommendations on the direction of U.S. involvement in the next few weeks. But analysts say that events in Iraq are moving so quickly that the proposed recommendations may have lost their relevance by the time they are revealed.

Amid massive security, Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Turkey for a four-day visit aimed at mending religious fences with Orthodox Christians and the nation's majority Muslims. The pope was met at the airport by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as Erdogan left Turkey to attend the NATO summit in Latvia.

Sudan's president has denied that genocide is occurring in Darfur. President Omar al-Bashir accused the media of getting the story wrong during a rare video conference Monday with reporters from around the world. He also made it clear that he will seek to limit any United Nations role in Darfur.