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Focuses on the 2005 budget proposed by U.S. President George W. Bush for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration. Amount proposed by Bush for an Air-Force led study on enhancing the capabilities of nuclear warheads; Percentage of increase in funding for the construction of a Modern Pit Facility to restart full-scale production of the plutonium pits; Comment from Representative David Hobson on the budget proposal of Bush; Amount proposed for the Advanced Concepts Initiative.

Jayson Blair isn't the first journalist to deceive readers, the profession id struggling with credibility problems. The article focuses on several other literary frauds in journalism. Dueling New York publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst sensationalize and manufacture events to sell millions of papers. Walter Duranty, The New York Times Soviet correspondent, ignored the brutality of Stalin's regime. The San Francisco Examiner publishes a series on reporter Bob Patterson's undercover travels in China, but learns afterward that Patterson had never left his Hong Kong hotel room. Two reporters from The Salt Lake Tribune were dismissed after splitting $20,000 from the National Enquirer for help on a July 2, 2002, story that alleged Elizabeth Smart's family was involved in a sex ring.

In less than a month after U.S. and British forces marched into Iraq, CENTCOM commander General Tommy Franks pronounced Saddam's regime dead. On March 20, 2003 the ground war begins. On March 21, the Pentagon launches a massive bomb campaign; Baghdad is ablaze. The U.S. troops get hindered in An Nasiriya on March 23, 2003. Iraqis ambush a convoy; Jessica Lynch and 11 others are missing. On March 24, vicious sandstorms slow forces to a crawl. Two U.S. soldiers are captured.

Reports the U.S. policy against Iraq. Campaign of the Bush Administration on global support for actions against Iraq; Enumeration of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein violations on the United Nations demands on weapons inspection, human rights, and terrorism; Highlights of the political and social conditions of Iraq.

Discusses how terrorists hijacked four passenger planes, which they used to crash into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Consideration of when the planes were hijacked and crashed under the control of the terrorists; Announcement from U.S. President George W. Bush that the attacks were an act of terrorism; Devastation caused by the destruction of the trade towers in New York City.

Focuses on the televised confession made by Abdul Qadeer Khan, chief Pakistani bomb scientist, on his participation on the barter and sale of Pakistani nuclear weapons technology to North Korea, Iran and Libya. Involvement of the U.S. and Great Britain intelligence officers in uncovering Khan's participation in providing technologies for making nuclear weapons; Comment from Mohamed Elbaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on the admission of Khan; Reaction of the U.S. government to the decision of Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf to pardon Khan; Information on how Khan and his associates manufactured, sold and bartered nuclear weapons.

Profiles Al Sharpton, a minister and candidate for the 2004 presidential election in the U.S. Background on his political career; Views of Sharpton on the decision of U.S. President George W. Bush to invade Iraq.

Profile Carol Moseley Braun, a former ambassador of the U.S. to New Zealand and a candidate for the 2004 presidential election. Background on her political career; Support given by Braun to the ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; Focus of her platform for national security.

Profiles Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), a candidate for the 2004 presidential election in the U.S. Background on his political career; Motivation for deciding to run for president; Opinion on the objectives of the National Missile Defense system; Platform for national security.

Profiles Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), a candidate for the 2004 presidential election in the U.S. Details of his platform for national security and arms control; Educational and career background; Advisers of Lieberman on foreign policy.

Profiles Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), a candidate for the 2004 presidential election in the U.S. Details of his plans for national security and the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction; Educational and career background; Advisers of Kerry on foreign policy.

Profiles Representative Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.), a candidate for the 2004 presidential election in the U.S. Opinion of Gephardt on national security and the anti-proliferation policy; Educational and career background; Advisers of Gephardt on foreign policy.

Profiles North Carolina Senator John Edwards, a candidate for the 2004 presidential election in the U.S. Details of his platform for national security and the economy; Educational and career background; Advisers of Edwards on foreign policy.

Profiles Howard Dean, governor of Vermont and a candidate for the 2004 presidential election in the U.S. Details of his platform for national security and the economy; Educational and career background; Advisers of Dean on foreign policy.

Profiles Wesley Clark, a retired general and candidate for the 2004 presidential election in the U.S. Details of his platform for national security and arms control; Educational and career background; Advisers of Clark on foreign policy.

Presents information on the sanction bill on Syria sent by the Congress to the White House. Purpose of the sanction bill; Details on the authority of the White House to waive penalties on international security; Support of the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush on the sanction bill.

Reports on the development of new nuclear-armed ballistic missiles by India and Pakistan as of November 2003. Stand of Indian Prime Minister Bihari Vajpayee on India's nuclear policy; Claims of Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri on India's plans to buy the Phalcon airborne early-warning radar system and other defense systems; Nuclear payload capacity of the Pakistani ballistic missile; Establishment of alternative nuclear command centers by India; Call of the U.S. for India and Pakistan to restrain their nuclear-weapon and missile programs.

Reports on the debate over congressional investigations of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and the extent of work of the U.S. intelligence community as of November 2003. Demand of the Democrats for the U.S. Congress to look beyond the quality of information supplied to U.S. President George W. Bush; Dispute of the Republicans over the idea that Bush intentionally misled the public; Amount of money needed by David Kay, head of the Iraq Survey Group, to continue the group's nuclear weapon search effort; Response of Porter Gross (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to Kay's report.

Reports on the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 passed by the U.S. House which requires the president to impose sanctions if Syria fails to comply. Provisions included in the act; Significance of the bill; Reason for the efforts of U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar to modify the Senate version of the bill.

Reports that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has denied the allegations made by Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee that Pakistan shared its nuclear technology with North Korea. International conventions criticized by Vajpayee for their inability to reign nuclear-for-missile exchanges; Reason for the refusal of Pakistan and India to join the international conventions aimed at nuclear nonproliferation. INSET: India Consolidates Its Nuclear Force.

The article presents an overview of resources incurred by the United States in conquering Iraq. During peacetime some 255,000 U.S. troops are deployed abroad, more than from any other country. With additional forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. number overseas currently tops 400,000. Since September 2000 terrorist attacks, U.S. foreign aid has been used, in part, to maintain support for the war on terror.

Focuses on the military strategies of the U.S. in the war against Iraq. Preparations of the military forces for the war; Military strategies of Iraq. INSETS: IRAQI POWER;A DANGEROUS FORCE.

Presents the personal likings of U.S.-based national-security adviser, Condoleezza Rice. Books and sports loved by Rice; Social life of Rice; Religious beliefs of Rice.