Summary: MSNBC BLTWY squares Sarah Palin off against Michele Bachmann to see who has the makings of a GOP presidential nominee — or U.S. president. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on April 6, 2010, Aubrey Immelman provided his weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

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Summary: Rep. Michele Bachmann leads an anti-spending “Cut Spending Now” rally outside the Capitol near where she stood in November 2009 before thousands of angry tea party activists protesting a Democrat-sponsored plan to overhaul the nation’s health care system. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on April 5, 2010, Aubrey Immelman featured an Associated Press analysis of tea party operations in almost every state and examined whether the movement could be fomenting extraconsitutional rebellion.

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Summary: In an an email sent to millions of supporters, President Barack Obama launched his bid for re-election in 2012. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on April 4, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that three car bombs shook central Baghdad in quick succession on Easter Sunday, killing at least 35 people.

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Summary: At least 10 people have been killed and 83 injured in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, on a second day of violent protests over the actions of extremist Christian fundamentalist preacher Terry Jones, who supervised the burning of a Quran in front of about 50 people at a church in Florida on March 20. The new violence came one day after protesters overran a U.N. mission in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing seven foreign staff in the deadliest attack on the U.N. in Afghanistan. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on April 3, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that the FBI was warning police across the country that the call of an anti-government group — a “sovereign citizen” group called Guardians of the Free Republics — to remove governors from office could provoke violence.

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Summary: After more than two years of a bleak prospects for job seekers, the economy’s slow, steady growth is finally creating jobs at a healthy pace. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on April 2, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that the U.S. economy had posted its largest job gain in three years, with unemployment in March remaining at 9.7 percent for the third straight month.

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Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on April 1, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that political reporter Pat Kessler, on the March 30, 2010 edition of “Reality Check” on WCCO 4 News at 10, fact-checked four claims Rep. Michele Bachmann made on CBS “Face the Nation” regarding healthcare reform. Kessler’s scorecard: “wrong,” “false,” “out of context,” “not true” (0 for 4 — three strikes and a foul ball).

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Summary: The surging unrest in numerous countries in the Middle East and northern Africa is a complex and fast-moving story. To help make sense of it, msnbc.com asked experts to share their insights on the protests, answer readers’ questions, and explain why what happens in that volatile region matters. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on March 31, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that Iraq’s political disarray had deepened, with potential kingmaker Muqtada al-Sadr withholding his support from the two biggest election winners — the blocs of Ayad Allawi and Nouri al-Maliki — and saying he would ask his supporters to make their choice in a referendum.

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Summary: President Barack Obama signed a so-called presidential “finding” authorizing clandestine CIA operations in Libya. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on March 30, 2010, Aubrey Immelman provided his weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

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Summary: Gunmen wearing military uniforms over explosives belts held a Tikrit, Iraq government center hostage in a grisly siege that ended with the deaths of at least 56 people, including three Salahuddin province councilmen who were executed with gunshots to the head and set fire. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on March 29, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that nine alleged members of a Midwest Christian militia group, the Hutaree, had been charged with plotting to kill a police officer and slaughter scores more by bombing the funeral, with the intent of inciting an uprising against the U.S. government.

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Summary: In a nationally televised address from the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama said the U.S. military action in Libya “stopped [Moammar] Gadhafi’s deadly advance,” fulfilling what he said was a U.S. responsibility not to “turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries.” … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on March 28, 2010, Aubrey Immelman featured reporting of a “Welcome Home” event for the Minnesota National Guard’s 34th Infantry Division Red Bulls and other Central Minnesota military veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, organized by the St. Cloud Times and St. Cloud-area civic organizations and businesses.

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