Condoleezza Rice

Every day this week at The Takeaway, we’ve been asking the same question: Is today the day Barack Obama announces his running mate? Obama’s campaign has said the presumptive pair will campaign together this Saturday, which means we’ll know who ? soon.

President Bush is accusing Russia of ‘bullying and intimidation’ against Georgia, saying that the people in the former Soviet republic chose freedom and ‘we will not cast them aside.’

The Washington Post is reporting today that the Bush Administration approved harsh interrogation techniques — such as waterboarding — in cases involving senior terrorism suspects.

If the Democrats are elected, there will be many foreign policy positions to fill.

The World’s Katy Clark reports on the possible repercussions facing Russia for its military intervention in Georgia.