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Nearly four months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, Shep is live in Mississippi with the latest on the road to recovery.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announces the first of what is likely to be a series of U.S. combat troop drawdowns in Iraq in 2006. We'll get reaction from Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Then, Congress is in recess until the new year. So what was accomplished, what wasn't and why? We'll ask Juan Williams, senior national correspondent for NPR.

Plus, AAA says over 60 million people are traveling for the holidays. We'll get the lowdown on what you need to know during this busy traveling season from AAA national spokesman Mantill Williams.

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