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U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at the residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara for a meeting and joint news conference in Jerusalem, March 20, 2013. Making his first official visit to Israel, U.S. President Barack Obama pledged on Wednesday unwavering commitment to the security of the Jewish State where concern over a nuclear-armed Iran has clouded U.S.-Israeli relations. (Photo by Doug Mills/Reuters/Pool)

What we’re reading: Thursday, March 21, 2013


5:57 AM on 3/21/2013

President Obama will spend the second day of his overseas trip meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders Read More

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Andrea Mitchell Reports.

Murray supports assaults weapons ban, but trusts Reid’s decision


4:04 PM on 3/20/2013

Sen. Harry Reid's decision to exclude the assault weapons bad from Senate gun control legislation has outraged many Senators. Read More

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) poses for a picture with Israel's President Shimon Peres following remarks at Peres' residence in Jerusalem March 20, 2013. Making his first official visit to Israel, Obama pledged on Wednesday unwavering commitment to the security of the Jewish State where concern over a nuclear-armed Iran has clouded bilateral relations. (Photo: Reuters/Jason Reed)

Israel to Obama: ‘We trust your policy’ on Iran


1:46 PM on 3/20/2013

Israeli President Shimon Peres told President Obama in a press conference Wednesday, "The greatest danger is a nuclear Iran. We trust your policy, which calls...to fight by non-military means with a clear statement that other options remain on the table." Read More

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem February 10, 2013. Iran's nuclear ambitions, the civil war in Syria and stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts will top the agenda of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Israel, Netanyahu said on Sunday. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Reuters/Pool)

What we’re reading: Wednesday, March 20, 2013


6:17 AM on 3/20/2013

President Obama has two major meetings in Israel Wednesday Read More

File Photo: Capt. George Morris, commander of B Company, 2-502 Infantry, and his soldiers in the opening salvo of Operation "Patriot Strike." The soldiers detained ten suspected al-Qaida conspirators and seized weapons and bomb-making supplies December 29, 2007 . (Photo by: Ben Brody)

Iraq in pictures: ‘The Untold Stories’


8:53 PM on 3/19/2013

On the tenth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War, photojournalist Michael Kamber joined Andrea Mitchell Reports to talk about his latest book, a… Read More

Sen. Rand Paul filibustering on the Senate floor Thursday in Washington, D.C. (Senate Television/AP Photo)

What we’re reading: Tuesday, March 19, 2013


6:09 AM on 3/19/2013

Senator Rand Paul is ready to put public support behind a path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants. Read More

Hillary Rodham Clinton,

Hillary Clinton endorses gay marriage


11:22 AM on 3/18/2013

"I support marriage for lesbian and gay couples. I support it personally and as a matter of policy and law embedded in a broader effort to advance equality and opportunity for LGBT Americans and for all Americans," Clinton says in a video posted Monday by the Human Rights Campaign, a gay-rights organization. Read More

President Obama delivers remarks at the Organizing for Action dinner in Washington on March 13, 2013 (Photo by Yuri Gripas/Reuters)

What we’re reading: Monday, March 18, 2013


6:15 AM on 3/18/2013

President Obama is meeting with senior advisers ahead of this week’s trip to Israel, his first as commander-in-chief.
In The New York Times opinion page:… Read More

File photo: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a mass meeting of North Korea's ruling party at a stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea on Saturday April 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Kyodo News files)

Kim Jong-Un ‘is playing with fire’–so Hagel strengthens US defenses


7:23 PM on 3/15/2013

Defense Secretary Hagel will place more missile interceptors in Alaska to defend against growing nuclear threats from North Korea. Read More

File Photo: Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, speaks at the podium as he concedes the presidency during Mitt Romney's campaign election night event at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center on November 7, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images, File)

What we’re reading: Friday, March 15, 2013


11:51 AM on 3/15/2013

Mitt Romney returns to the national stage on Friday, speaking at CPAC 2013. Read More

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand talking with former US Army Sgt. Rebekah Havrilla in Washington on March 13, 2013, after Havrilla testified before the subcommittee's hearing on sexual assault in the military. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster/AP)

Sexual assault in the military: ‘It’s something that should outrage every American’


7:30 PM on 3/14/2013

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell asked Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand about the decade-long silence on the issue of sexual assault in the military. Read More

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) speaks next to a display of assault weapons during a news conference January 24, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Feinstein announced that she will introduce a bill to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds to help to stop gun violence (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Watch: Feinstein and Ted Cruz spar over assault weapons ban


11:41 AM on 3/14/2013

"I'm not a sixth-grader, Senator," Feinstein said to the Tea Party Senator after he lectured her on the constitution during the hearing. Read More

File Photo: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks in DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images, File)

What we’re reading: Thursday, March 14, 2013


10:35 AM on 3/14/2013

Some of the biggest conservative names from across the country descend on Washington Thursday for the start of CPAC. Read More

Senate subcommittee on Personnel Chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., right, greets members of the third panel, from left, Lt. Gen. Richard Harding, Judge Advocate General of the United States Air Force; Lt. Gen. Dana Chipman, Judge Advocate General of the United States Army; Robert Taylor, acting General Counsel of the Defense Department; Vice Adm. Nanette DeRenzi, Judge Advocate General of the United States Navy; Maj. Gen. Vaughn Ary, Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps; and Maj. Gen. Gary Patton, Director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, before they testified on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, before the subcommittee's hearing on sexual assault in the military. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

‘This is my story’: Senate hearing on military sexual assault


5:52 PM on 3/13/2013

As many as 19,000 military personnel are sexually assaulted annually, with only about a sixth of those cases reported, and a fraction of those go to trial. One in three convicted sex offenders remains in the armed forces. Read More

President Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on March 4, 2013. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster/AP)

What we’re reading: Wednesday, March 13, 2013


10:39 AM on 3/13/2013

President Obama heads back to Capitol Hill Wednesday, this time to meet with the House Republican Conference. Read More

Ghanaian cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson arrives to take part in an afternoon meeting of pre-conclave on March 8, 2013 at the Vatican. The day before, the next pope's ideal profile began to take shape as cardinals held a second day of pre-conclave talks - a man with pastoral experience, missionary energy and few ties to the Vatican's unruly government. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)

Ghana pulls for native Cardinal Peter Turkson as next pope


9:40 PM on 3/12/2013

Ghana's Cardinal Peter Turkson may be a long shot to succeed Benedict XVI as the next Pope, but as NBC's Stephanie Gosk reported from his home country, Ghana, it's not for lack of enthusiasm. Read More

President Obama returning to the White House on March 5, 2013. (Photo by /Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

What we’re reading: Tuesday, March 12, 2013


9:21 AM on 3/12/2013

President Obama continues his charm offensive on Capitol Hill. Read More

File Photo: Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and Al-Qaeda spokesman as seen in Afghanistan, 2001. (Photo by Rex Features via AP Images, File)

Abu Ghaith NYC trial reopens debate over Guantanamo


6:56 PM on 3/11/2013

When Osama bin Laden's son-in-law Sulaiman Abu Ghaith entered a 'not guilty' plea to charges of conspiring to kill Americans Friday at a federal courthouse in the Southern District of New York, President Obama came one step closer to honoring his promise to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Read More

Hagel spoke to the traveling press aboard his military aircraft between Andrews Air Force Base and Manas Air Force Base, Kyrgyzstan, en route to Afghanistan. (Photo by Jason Reed-Pool/Getty Images)

What we’re reading: Monday, March 11, 2013


8:12 AM on 3/11/2013

Top headlines for Monday, March 11, 2013: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is completing the final leg of his first official trip; Republicans encounter a 'new Obama'; and the prospects of a budget deal. Read More

Heather Cronk and Zach Fagan hold up pictures of their cousin Victoria Soto, a first-grade teacher killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, at a rally at the Connecticut State Capital to promote gun control legislation in the wake of the December 14, 2012, school shooting in Newtown on February 14, 2013 in Hartford, Connecticut. Referred to as the "March for Change" and held on the two-month anniversary of the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, participants called for improved gun safety laws. Among the safety measures being demanded are for universal background checks, more work within the mental health community and restricting high-capacity magazines. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

After Newtown, families hold out for mental health reform


6:49 PM on 3/9/2013

In the months since the tragic shooting in Newtown, a heated debate has swirled around curbing gun violence through tighter gun laws. But advocates for mental health reform say the true culprit to the violence is the nation’s broken mental health system that allows warning signs to fall through the cracks in the name of patient privacy. Read More