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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) about the role the Vietnam War is playing in this year's presidential campaign.

N-P-R's Renee Montagne visits Brakpan (BRACK-pan), a mall town east of Johannesburg, where residents recently elected their first lack Mayor. The mayor is trying to bring the promises of the past into line ith hopes for the future.

N-P'R's Elizabeth Arnold reports on Bob Dole's efforts to umpstart his faltering presidential campaign. He plans to unveil an economic genda and name his running mate this week, and hopes to buoy visibility going nto next week's Republican convention in San Diego.

P-R's Wade Goodwyn reports on today's memorial services.

Weekend Edition's Daniel Schorr speaks with Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Joseph Nye, Dean of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, about U.S.-Russian relations in light of next week's summit between President Clinton and Boris Yeltsin in Helsinki, Finland.

Linda talks with Congressman Walter Capps (D-CA) and Congressman Larry Combest (R-TX) about their impressions of this past weekend's "civility retreat." About 200 lawmakers attended the meeting in Hershey, Pennsylvania aimed at improving relations between Capitol Hill Republicans and Democrats.

In the wake of a spate of racially-charged incidents involving inner-city police, there's a new movement to diversify law enforcement agencies, often with the help of civilian oversight. N-P-R's Eric Westervelt takes a look at the situation in Wilmington, Delaware.

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Robert Siegel talks with Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL), chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, about the release of the report on pre-Sept. 11 intelligence gathering.

The game of soccer has been nominated for the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for promoting understanding among nations. Host Bob Edwards speaks with The Washington Post's T.R. Reid in London.

Reporter Eric Roy of member station K-C-R-W in Santa Monica reports on an exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art which reflects on California's public image over the last century.

Former Congressman Mickey Edwards (R-OK) says there IS life after losing an election, although losing is no fun. Edwards says the winner of the presidential election will have to reach across party lines, but he thinks Congress will revert to business as usual.

N-P-R's Melissa Block and Debbie Elliott talk with host Alex Chadwick about breaking news from Florida this morning. A judge has announced that the Secretary of State was not in the wrong to deny the further numbers from hand recounts in the Presidential Election.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, about American policy towards North Korea and how it compares with American policy towards Iraq.

The Republican platform committee has approved a draft reaffirming the party's endorsement of a constitutional ban on abortion. We talk with Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), one of the Senate's staunchest abortion opponents.

From classic rock to classic soul and R&B, the mid-70s brought us punk, disco, New Wave, hip-hop and jazz fusion.

David Molpus speaks with blues/R&B singer and guitarist Robert Cray. He's currently touring the States, and his new cd, Shoulda Been Home was just released on Rykodisc (cat # RCD 10611).

He laces his bouncy, terse rhymes with a charisma reminiscent of another musician — Ringo Starr.

The leaders of Facebook, Twitter, and Google were not eager to admit fault when it comes to bad information on their platforms, but it's clear Congress is getting closer to regulation.

The pioneering vocalist, who played a pivotal role in the history of rock and soul music, had suffered a litany of health issues in recent years.