Bob Schieffer asks the biggest guests the smartest questions. Hear official Washington on the firing line, on your schedule. - Face the Nation: 12.13.09 http://www.cbsnews.com en-us (c) MMIX, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. News CBS Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:48:34 EST CBS CBS News, couric, 60 minutes, cbs, katie, magid, icast, freespeech News Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:48:34 EST http://www.cbsnews.com Today on Face the Nation, is there or isn't there a deal in the works for healthcare reform, is it all falling apart. Senator Harry Reid announced a tentative deal last week that eliminates the so-called public option and adds an expansion of Medicare. But by Friday it seemed the wheels were coming off that deal, too--are there sixty votes in the Senate for it, will President Obama get a bill before Christmas, or should he do what some Republicans want--just stop and start over. CBS CBS News, couric, 60 minutes, cbs, katie, magid, icast, freespeech News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:28:33 EST http://www.cbsnews.com On this week's "Face The Nation," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates join CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer to discuss President Obama's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan. CBS CBS News, couric, 60 minutes, cbs, katie, magid, icast, freespeech News Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:13:11 EST http://www.cbsnews.com More troops for Afghanistan but at what price victory? President Obama is expected to announce an increase in troops for the war in Afghanistan Tuesday, but who will foot the bill of a million dollars per soldier per year? And just how does President Obama finish the job there? We'll ask Senator Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. CBS CBS News, couric, 60 minutes, cbs, katie, magid, icast, freespeech News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:10:47 EST http://www.cbsnews.com Today on Face the Nation, so it begins. The Senate votes along party lines to debate health care reform--but what are the chances now of a bill before Christmas? Big disagreements remain over taxes, abortion, and just the huge size of the bill. Can majority leader Reid keep the Democrats in line? Will a Republican crossover to help? And what is going to happen with the so-called public option? CBS CBS News, couric, 60 minutes, cbs, katie, magid, icast, freespeech News Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:50:25 EST http://www.cbsnews.com Today on Face The Nation: Afghanistan and the massacre at Fort Hood - Bob Schieffer has the latest with Dana Priest of The Washington Post and CBS News National Security Analyst Juan Zarate. But first, the mastermind of the 9-11 attacks will be tried just blocks from Ground Zero in New York. But should this trial even be happening? Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) of the House Intelligence Committee and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) weigh in. This and more on today's Face The Nation. CBS CBS News, couric, 60 minutes, cbs, katie, magid, icast, freespeech News Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:36:50 EST http://www.cbsnews.com Today on Face the Nation, what a week: An election shakes the Democrats; a tragedy at Fort Hood; and last night: Nancy Pelosi: The bill is passed. Bob Schieffer: The House passed the health care bill. We'll get the latest on all of it as we talk with the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Ike Skelton. Two key senators on defense issues--Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrat Jack Reed-- who also play key roles when the health reform bill gets to the Senate. CBS CBS News, couric, 60 minutes, cbs, katie, magid, icast, freespeech News Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:30:02 EST http://www.cbsnews.com Today on Face the Nation, one of the candidates in the Afghanistan run-off election has quit--will that delay President Obama's troop decision. Abdullah Abdullah withdrew because he feared the coming election would produce the same king of fraud as the last one--where does that put U.S. strategy now. Can the current government claim any legitimacy. We'll ask the top advisor to President Obama David Axelrod. CBS CBS News, couric, 60 minutes, cbs, katie, magid, icast, freespeech News Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:28:32 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com Today on Face the Nation: White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel on Afghanistan, Health care and the economy. Plus, John Kerry, from Afghanistan. President Obama is only weeks away from announcing whether he'll send thousands more troops to Afghanistan. Could concerns over the unstable government there delay that decision? Will he change strategy? And does the President have to step up his efforts on health care reform? We'll ask his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. CBS CBS News, couric, 60 minutes, cbs, katie, magid, icast, freespeech News Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:28:49 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com Today on Face the Nation, President Obama meets with his war council. Will he send more Americans to Afghanistan? CBS CBS News, couric, 60 minutes, cbs, katie, magid, icast, freespeech News Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:00:49 EDT http://www.cbsnews.com CBS News Correspondent Harry Smith hosts "Face the Nation." Should the United States send thousands more troops to Afghanistan? General Stanley McChrystal wants forty thousand more troops to continue the counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan. Is he going to get them? Or is there a better way to fight the war there? And is the administration rethinking the whole idea of why we're in Afghanistan? We'll talk first with President Obama's National Security Advisor General James Jones.