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December 25, 2005:  Tom Brokaw & Ted Koppel  Guests & Topics | Transcript
December 18, 2005:  Condoleezza Rice, Carl Levin, Gwen Ifill & John Harwood  Guests & Topics | Transcript
December 11, 2005:  Madeleine Albright, Lindsey Graham, Mike Allen, David Brooks & E.J. Dionne  Guests & Topics | TranscriptDecember 4, 2005:  John McCain, Thomas Kean & Lee Hamilton,  Guests & Topics | Transcript

November 27, 2005:  John Warner, Joe Biden, David Broder, David Gregory, Eugene Robinson & Judy Woodruff  Guests & Topics | Transcript
November 20, 2005:  John Murtha, Anthony Fauci, Julie Gerberding, Michael Leavitt and Michael Ryan  Guests & Topics | Transcript
November 13, 2005:  His Majesty King Abdullah II,Howard Dean and Ken Mehlman  Guests & Topics | Transcript
November 6, 2005:  Ted Kennedy, Tom Coburn, Ron Brownstein, David Gregory and Nina Totenberg  Guests & Topics | Transcript

October 30, 2005:  Ken Duberstein, Hamilton Jordan, Leon Panetta, Michael Beschloss, David Broder, David Brooks, Judy Woodruff and William Safire  Guests & Topics | Transcript
October 23, 2005:  George Allen, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Chuck Schumer, Stephen Hayes, George Packer & Frank Rich  Guests & Topics | Transcript
October 16, 2005:  Condoleezza Rice, Carl Levin & Louis Freeh  Guests & Topics | Transcript
October 9, 2005: Patrick Buchanan and Dr. Richard Land  Guests & Topics | Transcript
October 2, 2005: John Abizaid, Rahm Emanuel, Thomas Reynolds, Dan Balz and John Harwood  Guests & Topics | Transcript

September 25, 2005: Rick Perry, Ivor van Heerden, Aaron Broussard, Tom Friedman, Maureen Dowd & David Brooks  Guests & Topics | Transcript
September 18, 2005: Bill Clinton, Thad Allen, Gwen Ifill, Eugene Robinson, Judy Woodruff & Byron York  Guests & Topics | Transcript
September 11, 2005: Ray Nagin, Arlen Specter, John Barry & Ivor van Heerden  Guests & Topics | Transcript
September 4, 2005: Michael Chertoff, Marc Morial, Mike Tidwell, Mark Fischetti, David Wessel, Haley Barbour & Aaron Broussard  Guests & Topics | Transcript

August 28, 2005: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad; Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.); Gen. Wayne Downing (Ret.); Gen. Barry McCaffrey (Ret.); & Gen. Montgomery Meigs (Ret.)  Guests & Topics | Transcript
August 21, 2005:  Trent Lott, Russ Feingold, Larry Diamond and Reuel Marc Gerecht  Guests & Topics | Transcript
August 14, 2005:  Zalmay Khalilzad, Joe Biden, E.J. Dionne and Byron York  Guests & Topics | Transcript
August 7, 2005:  Mario Cuomo, Douglas Kmiec, David Kirby and Dr. Harvey Fineberg  Guests & Topics | Transcript

July 31, 2005:  Michael Griffin, Eileen Collins, Andrew Thomas, Charles Camarda, David Broder, John Harwood, Kate O'Beirne and Eugene Robinson  Guests & Topics | Transcript
July 24, 2005:  Fred Thompson, Dick Durbin, David Gregory, William Safire, Stuart Taylor and Nina Totenberg  Guests & Topics | Transcript
July 17, 2005:  Matt Cooper, John Podesta, Ken Mehlman, Bob Woodward andCarl Bernstein  Guests & Topics | Transcript
July 10, 2005:  Michael Chertoff, Stephen Flynn, Adm. James Loy, Orrin Hatch and Chuck Schumer  Guests & Topics | Transcript
July 3, 2005:  Arlen Specter, Patrick Leahy, Christopher Dodd, Chuck Hagel, Duncan Hunter, Pete Williams, Nina Totenberg and John Harwood  Guests & Topics | Transcript

June 26, 2005:  Donald Rumsfeld and Bono  Guests & Topics | Transcript
June 19, 2005:  John McCain  Guests & Topics | Transcript
June 12, 2005:  Joe Biden, Curt Weldon, David Broder, John Harwood, Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff  Guests & Topics | Transcript
June 5, 2005:  Ken Mehlman  Guests & Topics | Transcript

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FOR SUBSCRIBERSAbdul El-Sayed tries to woo MAHA voters as Democrats seek inroads with RFK’s supporters

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKratom-like substances are popping up in a typically benign supplement

FOR SUBSCRIBERSGOP super PAC increases its spending for Sen. Jon Husted in tough Ohio race

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRecords reveal tumultuous marriage between slain New York Times executive and wife

FOR SUBSCRIBERSFrom clean energy warrior to ‘wall of shame,’ James Talarico reverses on a fossil fuel money pledge

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCongressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election

FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane

FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman to skip congressional hearing on rogue AI agents

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKey DOJ lawyers departed Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ probe amid pressure to produce, source says

FOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump’s new AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAt MAHA summit, industry CEOs the movement once vilified take the stage

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCornell rape allegation spotlights stringent New York state laws that have long drawn criticism

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThe debate over AI’s future rages on both coasts

FOR SUBSCRIBERSDecades-old march dispute reignites in Northern Ireland, threatening political crisis

For Subscribers

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAbdul El-Sayed tries to woo MAHA voters as Democrats seek inroads with RFK’s supporters

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKratom-like substances are popping up in a typically benign supplement

FOR SUBSCRIBERSGOP super PAC increases its spending for Sen. Jon Husted in tough Ohio race

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRecords reveal tumultuous marriage between slain New York Times executive and wife

FOR SUBSCRIBERSFrom clean energy warrior to ‘wall of shame,’ James Talarico reverses on a fossil fuel money pledge

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCongressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election

FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane

FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman to skip congressional hearing on rogue AI agents

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKey DOJ lawyers departed Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ probe amid pressure to produce, source says

FOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump’s new AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAt MAHA summit, industry CEOs the movement once vilified take the stage

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCornell rape allegation spotlights stringent New York state laws that have long drawn criticism

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThe debate over AI’s future rages on both coasts

FOR SUBSCRIBERSDecades-old march dispute reignites in Northern Ireland, threatening political crisis

May 29, 2005:  Sam Nunn, Richard Lugar, Thomas Kean, Lee Hamilton and Fred Thompson  Guests & Topics | Transcript
May 22, 2005:  Howard Dean  Guests & Topics | Transcript
May 15, 2005:  Ahmed Nazif, David Broder, Paul Gigot, Katty Kay and Eugene Robinson  Transcript
May 8, 2005:  Gary Schroen, James Carville and Mary Matalin  Transcript
May 1, 2005:  Andrew Card, George Allen and Chris Dodd,  Transcript

April 24, 2005:  Thomas Bohlin, Joseph Bottum, Thomas Cahill, E.J. Dionne, Joseph Fessio, Jon Meacham and Mary Aquin O'Neill  Transcript
April 17, 2005:  Roy Blunt, Barney Frank, Dexter Filkins and Jim Miklaszewski  Transcript
April 10, 2005:  Pat Roberts, John Rockefeller and Bob Dole  Transcript
April 3, 2005:  John P. Foley, Thomas Reese, John Strynkowski, Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, Raymond Flynn, Anne Burke, Jon Meacham and Chester Gillis  Transcript

March 27, 2005:  Reza Aslan, Robert Drinan, Richard Land, Joseph Lieberman, Jon Meacham and Jim Wallis  Transcript
March 20, 2005:  Richard Myers, David Broder, Ron Brownstein, John Harwood and Gwen Ifill  Transcript
March 13, 2005:  Condoleezza Rice, Tom Davis, Henry Waxman, Ben Nelson and Lincoln Chafee  Transcript
March 6, 2005:  Mitch McConnell, Dick Durbin, Mike Allen, Joe Klein, Paul Krugman and Kate O'Beirne  Transcript

February 27, 2005:  Rick Santorum, Joseph Biden, Maureen Dowd, Tom Friedman and William Safire  Transcript
February 20, 2005:  John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Katty Kay, Andrea Mitchell, Dana Priest and Robin Wright  Transcript
February 13, 2005:  Chuck Grassley, Charlie Rangel, Natan Sharansky and Patrick Buchanan  Transcript
February 6, 2005:  Donald Rumsfeld and Ted Kennedy  Transcript

January 30, 2005:  John Kerry and Brian Williams  Transcript
January 23, 2005:  John Negroponte, Bill Thomas, Stephen Hayes and Robin Wright  Transcript
January 16, 2005:  Dan Bartlett, Rahm Emanuel, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham  Transcript
January 9, 2005:  Bill Frist, Al Hunt, Katty Kay, Andrea Mitchell and Byron York  Transcript
January 2, 2005:  Colin Powell, David Broder, Kate O'Beirne, William Safire and Evan Thomas  Transcript