From Erin Medlicott: Senator Joseph Biden will be in Davenport and is the guest tonight at ISU Ames, speaking on “Rethinking America’s Future Security.”

Most are spending very little time dreaming up new charges to hurl, choosing instead to focus on rallying backers.

Sen. Biden wants to implement all the recommendations of the 9/11 commission report as the key first step to securing the county.

In an interview Mr. Hadley said that “I wish you could find a silver bullet that could solve this in 30 days,” but that “I doubt it.”

North Korea has agreed to return to the stalled six party talks on its nuclear program following a “candid and in-depth” meeting Tuesday in Beijing.

Senator Biden discusses the impact of the Iraq war on this year’s midterm elections.

Video: Senator Joe Biden responds to Secretary Rumsfeld’s statement that people should “relax” about the situation in Iraq.

Now, more than 50 years after the Emergency Broadcast System — now called the Emergency Alert System — was established, the government’s method of warning people of emergencies may undergo its first fundamental overhaul, with cell phones and other wireless devices playing a key role.

Incumbent President Joseph Kabila and former warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba are contesting control of a country which is a treasure trove of mineral riches, but left destitute by decades of war and exploitation.

“And while all this was going on, there’s no plan to distribute the oil money equitably in order to deal with the sectarian violence. There does not seem to be any plan to move beyond where we are,” Biden said.