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Melissa Block speaks with EJ Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and Matthew Continetti of the The Weekly Standard, for analysis on Obama's speech.

President Obama is speaking to the nation this evening from the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. His subject: the military campaign in Libya.

Indiana House Democrats who fled the state nearly six weeks ago to protest a Republican agenda they considered an assault on labor unions and public education returned to the Statehouse on Monday after nearly six weeks in Illinois.

Minority Leader Patrick Bauer said he and his fellow Democrats ended one of the longest legislative walkouts in recent U.S. history after winning concessions from Republicans over recent weeks on several issues.

As more radioactive material from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant finds its way into the environment, Japan's health ministry is compiling a growing list of foods that have been contaminated.

It's hard to recall that a few decades ago drugmakers were among the most admired companies in the world. Starting back in the late '80s, Merck was No. 1 in Fortune's annual rankings for corporate prom king four years running.