Government & Economy

Discussing whether the surge can win the Afghan war, with Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair; Peter Beinart, The Daily Beast and Gen. Barry McCaffrey, NBC News military analyst.

CNBC's Hampton Pearson has details on the company's decision not to submit a final bid to the Pentagon.

Discussing whether the focus on increasing troops in Afghanistan will help the world's view of America, with Dr. Rosemary Hollis, City University of London professor of political Science/International Politics and Col. Jack Jacobs MSNBC military analyst.

President Obama is just hours away from laying out his new mission for Afghanistan. Insight with CNBC's Scott Cohn & John Harwood.

Insight on President Obama's Afghan strategy, with Jim Vandehei, Politico.com

Assessing what is next for the employment market in America, with CNBC's Steve Liesman and John Lonski, Moody's Capital Markets Research Group.

Debating whether the government should be spending more or is cutting taxes the answer to job creation, with Alison Fraser, Heritage Foundation and Christian Dorsey, Economic Policy Institute.

Assessing whether the recovery is still on track, with Thomas Higgins, Payden & Rygel and Carl Riccadonna, Deutsche Bank.

President Obama to address the nation on Afghanistan tonight, with CNBC's John Harwood.

Insight on the latest economic data, with Laszlo Birinyi, Birinyi Associates.