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Robert Gates says that Obama isn't waiting until Afghanistan's November runoff election to decide about a troop surge. He expects a decision after further meetings next week.

Yes, a new poll shows strong support for a health care public option, but even pollsters aren't sure what it is. Congress should ignore the survey and do the right thing. By Matthew Yglesias.

The generals aren't the only ones awaiting an Obama decision on Afghanistan. Without a clear sign of U.S. intentions, Elise Jordan argues, the Afghan people are becoming anti-American.

Versace's queen talks to The Daily Beast's Rebecca Dana about why Americans are obsessed with sex, Michelle Obama's style, and how fashion can help save children in China.

So much for post-partisan politics. Team Obama's attacks on Fox News are petty and childish. Top Bush strategist Nicolle Wallace on why the White House war on cable is backfiring badly.

This week the historically black college banned crossdressing. Elizabeth Gates on why the decision disgraces a school that once groomed iconoclasts like Spike Lee and Martin Luther King.

Trouble was on the agenda when the aging provocateur, infamous for his tough remarks on Israel, visited a Jewish cultural hub last night. But as Lloyd Grove reports, Vidal charmed the critics.