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The Defense Department bars several witnesses from testifying in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining the secret intelligence Able Danger unit. The Pentagon says "security concerns" prevented it from discussing the classified program in a public forum.

Gen. Michael Hayden headed the National Security Agency when now-contested domestic surveillance procedures were put into play. Monday, he defended the choices made by the NSA and the Bush administration.

President Bush announces his choice of federal judge John G. Roberts to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court. Roberts, 50, has served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit since 2003.

Powerful lobbyist Jack Abramoff has reached a deal with federal prosecutors investigating his wide-ranging influence on Capitol Hill. Abramoff pleaded guilty to criminal charges involving the purchase of a fleet of gambling boats in Florida, and is also cooperating in federal investigations of lawmakers who allegedly received favors from him or his clients.

Russia will take over the chairmanship of the Group of Eight industrial nations at a time when there are growing concerns about President Putin's commitment to democracy. Fred Bergsten, director of the Institute for International Economics offers his insights.

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the most powerful aide to the most powerful vice president in the nation's history, is indicted by a federal grand jury. The news further rocks a White House struggling with a variety of second-term problems.

General Motors and Delphi, its former subsidiary, will offer early retirement and buy-out packages to more than 100,000 workers. In a deal negotiated with the United Auto Workers union, GM will offer incentives ranging from $35,000 to $140,000 each. While some workers said they were waiting to see the details, many said they doubted the package was attractive enough to induce them to retire. Jerome Vaughn of Detroit Public Radio reports.

Legal scholar John Yoo talks with Steve Inskeep about the reach of executive power during a time of war. Yoo says the Constitution gives presidents expansive power in these situations, held in check by Congressional review and oversight.

America's relationship with China is drawing renewed attention from the Bush administration. China is a growing economic power and is well along with a military modernization effort. What are China's ultimate intentions?

A U.S. civil liberties group files a lawsuit against the CIA in the case of a man who says he was kidnapped and sent to Afghanistan to be interrogated as a terrorism suspect. The ACLU suit is the first legal challenge of a practice known as "extraordinary rendition."