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The Pentagon plans to reduce the number of U.S. troops in Iraq by early next year. Bradley Graham of The Washington Post discusses his reporting on the plan, which entails tentatively cutting U.S. forces in Iraq by up to three combat brigades, compared to 18 now.

For those who struggle with their weight and body image, the focus on food around the holidays may create anxiety. Guest host Farai Chideya talks with Robyn McGee about her sister, who died from complications following gastric bypass surgery.

Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller says she disagrees with criticism of her reporting on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. She maintains that her sources got their facts wrong, and denies that her stories were improperly vetted.

Alan Cheuse reviews George Saunders's first full-length novel, a political satire called The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil. At only 130 pages, including illustrations, the book is nonetheless a scathingly funny indictment of American politics.

A roadside bombing outside Fallujah, about 25 miles west of Baghdad, kills 10 U.S. Marines and wounds 11 others. It is the highest one-day death toll for U.S. forces in Iraq since August.

A study in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that nearly 90 percent of adults and adolescents treated for AIDS in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince were alive after a year of triple-drug treatment, compared to only 30 percent before treatment was available.

The Museum of the African Diaspora, the latest addition to San Francisco's Museum Row, opens its doors to the public Friday. Through art and artifacts, the museum aims to tell at least part of the story of all people who can trace their roots to Africa -- from present day to ancient times.

The jazz icon turns 85 on Dec. 6. He'll celebrate with a concert in London where he will be joined by the London Symphony. There are several recent collections of his work: The Dave Brubeck Collection, which reissues five of his classic out-of-print LPs, and Dave Brubeck: Time Signature: A Career Retrospective.

US Airways and America West merged in late September and shares of the new US Airways are up around 60 percent since the merger. What's behind the company's take-off on Wall Street? Is the merger a match made in heaven or a marriage of inconvenience? David Gardner talks with US Airways CEO Doug Parker.

A U.S. civil liberties group files a lawsuit against the CIA in the case of a man who says he was kidnapped and sent to Afghanistan to be interrogated as a terrorism suspect. The ACLU suit is the first legal challenge of a practice known as "extraordinary rendition."