Nancy Reagan recovering at home from broken ribs
Former first lady Nancy Reagan attends New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's speech at the Reagan Presidential Library Sept. 27, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif.
/ Getty ImagesJohn Heubusch, executive director of The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, told an audience gathered Tuesday night at Reagan's presidential library in Simi Valley, Calif., that the former first lady wouldn't attend a speech by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., "on doctor's orders."
U.S. envoy to Afghanistan steps down
Updated 3:30 p.m. ET
(CBS News) U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, a veteran diplomat who has previously served as the American envoy in Iraq, Pakistan and Syria, is stepping down from his post.
Acting embassy spokesman Mark Thornburg told the Associated Press on Tuesday morning that "Ambassador Crocker has confirmed, with regret, that he will be leaving Kabul this summer."
Later, State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland said Crocker said he would depart for "health reasons" following international donor conferences for Afghanistan this summer in Tokyo and Kabul. In a statement, Nuland said his "tenure has been marked by enormous achievements."
The surprise news of Crocker's departure was first reported by CBS News chief White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell on Monday night, hours after the conclusion of the NATO summit in Chicago, where Crocker was in attendance with President Obama negotiating an agreement for drawing down foreign troops and continuing to support the Afghan military. (Above, watch Norah O'Donnell report from the summit for the "CBS Evening News")
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Poll: Obama, Romney in dead heat
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Updated 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Mitt Romney has closed the gap with President Obama among registered voters, a CBS News/New York Times poll released Wednesday found, putting the former Massachusetts governor in a dead heat with the president for the White House.
Mr. Obama and Romney each received support from 46 percent of registered voters when asked who they would vote for if the election were held today. In March, a CBS News/New York Times survey found that Mr. Obama held a slight advantage over Romney of 47 percent to 44 percent.
The poll was conducted between last Friday and Tuesday, days after former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum suspended his campaign, effectively making Romney the presumptive nominee to take on the president in the fall. Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich remain in the race but face Romney's all-but-insurmountable lead in delegates and fundraising ahead of the Republican convention this summer in Tampa, Fla.
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McCain: Iran "supplying arms" to Syrian regime
Sen. John McCain told "CBS Evening News" anchor Scott Pelley Monday that it's too late to worry about Iran becoming involved in the unrest in Syria because they're already there, "supplying arms and equipment" to President Bashar Assad.
(Watch an excerpt of the interview by clicking on the video player at left.)
In an interview to be broadcast Monday evening, McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Iranian involvement shouldn't be a reason preventing the United States from providing support to the rebels in their nearly-yearlong uprising.
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Perry mocks self over brain-freeze gaffe
Texas Gov. Rick Perry added a few moments of levity to Saturday night's debate on the serious topics of foreign policy and national security with a bit of self-deprecating humor about his brain freeze from earlier in the week.
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In an exchange with "CBS Evening News" anchor Scott Pelley, Perry dryly said he was happy that Pelley could recall the name of the Energy Department, which escaped the presidential hopeful during a debate Wednesday night.
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Perry: My foreign aid budget starts at zero
Updated at 10:48 p.m. ET
Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he would cut the United States' foreign aid budget to zero and then allocate taxpayer dollars depending on each country's support for America, indicating that Pakistan would no longer receive U.S. aid but Israel would.
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"It's time for us as a country to say no to foreign aid to countries that don't support the United States of America," Perry said.
His idea received support from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich but, in the case of Pakistan, was opposed by Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum at the CBS News/National Journal debate in Spartanburg, S.C.
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Poll: Half of U.S. says Afghan war not a success
U.S. Army Sgt. Vu Nhon keeps watch Sept. 30, 2011, during a mission in the border-crossing town of Turkham Nangarhar, Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan.
/ AFP/Getty ImagesCBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto
Half of Americans think the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan hasn't been a success, a CBS News poll released Monday shows.
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the war's beginning, and "CBS Evening News" anchor Scott Pelley will broadcast reports on the war from Kandahar, Afghanistan, Monday and Tuesday nights.
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Study: Post-9/11 wars cost U.S. at least $3.7T
U.S. Army Pvt. Howard Terrel uses binoculars to scan the horizon from Combat Outpost Bowri Tana in Gorbuz, Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan, June 28, 2011.
/ AFP/Getty ImagesThe final bill American taxpayers will end up paying for the wars in Afghanistan and in Iraq will be much more than the total amount put forward by the Congress and the federal government, the Reuters news agency reported Wednesday.
The Reuters article focused on a Brown University research project released Wednesday titled "Costs of War." In the end, between at least $3.7 trillion and $4.4 trillion -- mostly in taxpayer dollars -- will have been spent on wartime expenses, mostly on the U.S. military's missions in the respective countries that Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein once called home.
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WH: Al-Zawahiri in over his head running Qaeda
The White House Thursday dismissed al Qaeda's new leader as "an armchair general with a 'soft' image" who has "nowhere near the credentials that Osama bin Laden had."
Those stark words by a senior administration official provided the Obama administration's preliminary assessment of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the longtime bin Laden deputy who was announced Thursday morning as the successor to the terror network's deceased founder, CBS Radio News White House correspondent Mark Knoller reports.
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Report: Twitter group warned girls about Weiner
Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., reacts during a news conference in New York June 6, 2011.
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White House: We would have taken bin Laden alive
John Brennan, the White House counterterrorism adviser, briefs the press in Vineyard Haven, Mass., Aug. 24, 2010.
/ AP Photo"If we had the opportunity to take bin Laden alive, if he didn't present any threat, the individuals involved were able and prepared to do that," Brennan told reporters during a press conference.
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First lady's aborted landing classified as serious
First lady Michelle Obama speaks at a reception commemorating the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day and Women's History Month in the East Room of the White House in Washington March 8, 2011.
/ AP PhotoThe incident, in which the plane carrying the first lady had to perform what officials described Tuesday as a routine "go around" because it was too close to a 200-ton military cargo plane in front of it, has prompted two investigations, one by the FAA and another by the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Updated at 11:10 p.m. ET
The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it was investigating an incident involving an Air National Guard plane carrying first lady Michelle Obama after the plane was told to "go around" a military runway because of the presence of a cargo plane on the runway.
The FAA said in a statement early Tuesday evening that the plane carrying the first lady was "never in any danger" and that her plane eventually landed safely Monday.
LaHood: Bad air control incidents "ridiculous"
The plane was carrying the first lady from New York back to Joint Base Andrews near the capitol.
Continue »WH walks back claim Qadaffi will "prevail"
President Obama, left, talks with national security adviser Tom Donilon during a NATO summit Nov. 19, 2010, in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Earlier Thursday, National Intelligence Director James Clapper told senators during a hearing on Capitol Hill that the Qaddafi regime's military forces simply have better resources than the rebellion, which will lead to the regime eventually overtaking the uprising.
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Intel chief: Qaddafi "will prevail" over rebels
Intel chief: Qaddafi "will prevail" over rebels
Updated at 5:12 p.m. ET
The U.S. government's top intelligence official told senators Thursday that the regime of Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi "will prevail" eventually over the armed rebellion that grew from wave of unrest to hit North Africa and the Middle East.
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National Intelligence Director James Clapper gave that assessment while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill.
"This is kind of a stalemate back and forth, but I think over the longer term that the regime will prevail," Clapper told senators.
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