2008 general election state results

NBC Video: Politics

Will Obama’s plan overcome Afghan obstacles?
Dec. 1: The Washington Post’s Rajiv Chandrasekaran talks about how the realities in Afghanistan pose a challenge to the goals of President Barack Obama’s exit strategy.

Matthews: Obama didn’t make his case

Obama plain and pragmatic

Obama: U.S. security at stake in Afghanistan

Breaking down the reform bill

WH needles Boehner, Issa over report

WH: U.S. to begin Afghan exit in 2011

Feingold expresses Dem war concerns

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The Week in Political Cartoons
Msnbc.com’s political cartoonists take a look back at the past week.

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