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VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Immigration, Syria, Cuccinelli officially nominated
NBC's Domenico Montanaro looks at the week ahead in politics. The focus on Capitol Hill continues to be immigration, President Obama will be pushed on Syria by Turkey, and Ken Cuccinelli to be officially nominated as the Republican candidate to be the next governor of Virginia.The Week Ahead: Obama heads to Mexico, Costa Rica
President Obama heads to Mexico, showdown in Massachusetts, the great debate in South Carolina, Biden, Cruz hit the trail?VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Guns, immigration take center stage
Capitol Hill turns its attention to background checks and comprehensive immigration reform, NASCAR and football at the White House, and get those taxes in.Special thanks to guest henchmen Drew Fredrickson and Tim CoteVIDEO: The Week Ahead: Budgets and diplomacy
NBC's Domenico Montanaro previews the week ahead in politics from the White House unveiling its budget to Congress being back in town to Secretary of State John Kerry's overseas trip.VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Sanford tries to complete political comeback
NBC's Domenico Montanaro looks at the week ahead in politics. Ex-South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) is on the verge of a political comeback, favored to win a special election to the first congressional district in South Carolina. And an NBC poll on guns and the economy is released.VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Goodbye Congress, hello Senate Madness
President Obama returns from the Middle East, dissecting the GOP, if you like March Madness then you will love our Senate Madness and Andy is back from Rome.
VIDEO: Week Ahead: Look who's anchorman
Conservatives meet to hammer opponents and chart "new" course, the RNC autopsies their 2012 race, President Obama travels to the Middle East including Israel, and more fiscal fighting on Capitol Hill?
VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Life after sequester
NBC's Domenico Montanaro previews the week ahead, including what the automatic budget cuts of the sequester mean and whether there's hope for compromise, Obama's pick for CIA head gets a vote, the L.A. mayor's race, and Papa Andy.VIDEO: The Week Ahead: The sequester's coming
The sequester deadline, President Obama heads to Virginia to campaign against it, the NRA pushes back against background checks, Chuck Hagel likely confirmed as defense secretary, Michelle Obama's star-athlete-studded Let's Move! event, and the race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr.
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VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Hagel on hold
NBC's Domenico Montanaro takes a look at what's happening next week, the Senate is off so Hagel is still on hold, President Obama heads to Florida for a mini-vacation and Andy's "Response" to the Week Ahead.This story was originally published on Fri Feb 15, 2013 3:02 PM EST
VIDEO: The Week Ahead: State of the Union and a Hagel vote?
President Obama delivers the State of the Union address, Marco Rubio responds, does Chuck Hagel have the votes?... and Andy's Jersey diet?