It's time for the real discussion on what's next in our involvement in Iraq.  The House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution against President Bush's troop "surge" -- and a majority of the Senate would have done the same if the Republicans hadn't filibustered.  So is it time, as Hillary Clinton has now said, to begin bringing the troops home within 90 days?

And while we're on it -- was Barack Obama right when he apparently slipped and said that the lives of our troops who have been killed have been . . . "wasted?"  (He issued a retraction, but . . . )

This and more with Chris Plante at 2pm, and with you at 3pm.

On today's agenda, with Chris and then me with you:

-- According to U.S. military officials, we now have strong evidence that some of the weapons killing American troops in Iraq are made by, or supplied by, or designed by . . . Iran.  At what point, if any, do we directly retaliate?

-- With Barack Obama's formal announcement for the presidency yesterday, he's now plainly called for our withdrawal from Iraq.  Is he right?  Or is he a defeatist bordering on treason?

This and many other topics today.  Join us . . .

On today's agenda, with Chris and then me with you:

-- It's SuperBowl Sunday, and 2 Black Head Coaches will participate for the first time.  Does this mean the NFL was right some time back to enforce an affirmative action rule, that teams had to interview Blacks before they hired a head coach?

-- A report out this week said that Black pedestrians are 6 times more likely than Whites to be stopped in Georgetown, and Blacks and HIspanics are twice as likely to be stopped as Whites in Adams Morgan.  In New York City, a study says Blacks are "frisked" at 5 times the rate of Whites.  What does all this tell us?

-- On Iraq, the National Intelligence Estimate is . . . well, bleak.  Does anyone really believe President Bush's policies will make any difference?

-- And just for fun . . . we now hear that global climate change is real, most likely caused by human activity, and is probably irreversible.  Now what?

Join us, please.  It will be a lively few hours.