Sen. Jim DeMint and former Attorney General Edwin Meese discuss Judge Sonia Sotomayor's activist decisions and remarks during the Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

President Obama tries to walk the tightrope on his response to the Iran election controversy, while Democrats in Congress try to walk away from an expensive health insurance proposal. ALSO: The story behind the Ensign confession.

The Heritage Foundation's This Week in Washington Video discusses three major issues: the need to scrutinize Supreme Court nominee Judge Sotomayor's record; why the auto bailout program "Cash for Clunkers" will not stimulate sales of new cars; and the call to remove the wage ceiling from union contracts.

Former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney calls for a stronger ballistic missile defense system to protect the American people against nuclear threats. He calls on Congress to fund and deploy a multi-layered missile defense shield.

Today the Your World team covers the missing Air France jet, the first elections in South Ossetia, the rising (and falling) death toll in Iraq, the discussion over Cuba's future, and the death of the last survivor of the Titanic.

The Heritage Foundation poses the question to the people on the street: What percent of its gross domestic product does the U.S. spend on national defense?