Petraeus Gives Exclusive One Hour Interview To Fox  —  Tomorrow night, after spending the day telling Congress that President Bush's Iraq escalation should continue, Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker will take their PR campaign to a more comfortable setting: Fox News.

Democrats Step Up Criticism of Iraq Findings  —  Leading Democrats today pre-emptively assailed the expected findings on Iraq due this week from Gen. David H. Petraeus as "dead, flat wrong" and said President Bush's likely call for continued patience in the war would simply extend an …

US loner helps bin Laden to taunt Bush  —  A Californian heavy metal fan, who converted to Islam and became the first American to be charged with treason in half a century, has been fingered as the author of Osama bin Laden's latest video lecture - which left the terror chief sounding like an anti-globalisation protester.

THE CHAOS HAWKS....In the beginning were the War Hawks, and much did they counsel the powerful to do battle against the evildoer Saddam.  Then came the war, and the looting, and the Heritage Foundation hordes, and the hawks lamented exceeding loud and many soon repented of their ways.

Do bloggers generate enough interest to change politics?  —  AUSTIN — The left-leaning political blogosphere is lined up almost completely with Houston's Rick Noriega over San Antonio's Mikal Watts in the battle for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.  —  The question is whether it will do Noriega much good.

No terrorism, just war?  —  Oh, it's a long, long while from September to September.  This year, the anniversary falls, for the first time, on a Tuesday morning, and perhaps some or other cable network will re-present the events in real time - the first vague breaking news …

Panic in the press room  —  "Are we going to have audio?"  —  "Vamos a tener audio?"  —  Reporters who didn't speak Spanish were already anxious about the translation devices that didn't quite fit in our ears.  (Porque soy de California, yo hablo un poquito Espanol.)

War in Iraq: Wisdom of Crowds  —  As we approach the September reports on Iraq, the public debate over our military presence there has once again intensified.  Both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue are ratcheting up the rhetoric about the best course of action, with the president using a pit stop …

His Toughness Problem—and Ours  —  World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism  —  1.  —  Not so long before the war in Iraq was launched, I was the only European at an American dinner party in Brussels.  My fellow guests were a motley group of youngish diplomats, think-tank pundits …

Dems' bilingual debate 'a historic moment'  —  In the first TV debate of its kind, questions and answers will be translated as Democratic candidates face off on Univisión.  —  Would that 1984 presidential debate have been as memorable, or as decisive, if Walter Mondale had fixed Gary Hart …

Schieffer on FTN: Is it worth the cost?  —  Face the Nation's Bob Schieffer's final commentary on whether Congress will ask Gen. Petraeus the right questions when he faces Congress this week. … Full transcript below the fold:  —  For months now, the administration has been telling us …