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NPR's Juan Williams talks with Gen. Pete Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about the status of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Pace says the military has gotten better about troop rotation, and that morale is good overall.

Slate contributor Ben Williams delivers a weekly roundup of what film critics are saying about this week's major new movie premieres -- The Grudge, Surviving Christmas and Sideways.

What are the various strategies behind presidential advertisements targeted to potential voters of color? NPR's Tavis Smiley gets answers from David Axelrod, a Chicago-based media strategist, and William Benoit, the author of Seeing Spots : A Functional Analysis of Presidential Television Advertisements.

Slate contributor Ben Williams presents a roundup of what film critics are saying about this weekend's major movie studio releases, including Criminal, Cellular and Resident Evil: Apocalypse.

As the future of the Kobe Bryant case remains in limbo, commentator and attorney Connie Rice talks with NPR's Juan Williams about the impact of the rape shield law.

His memoir is The Good, the Bad, and Me. Wallach's long career on stage and screen, included spaghetti westerns of the '60s and the Godfather trilogy. He won a Tony for his role in Tennessee Williams' Rose Tattoo. (This interview was initially broadcast on Nov. 13, 1990.)

Alex Chadwick discusses the saftey of Americans abroad against cts of terrorism with Vincent Cannistraro, former chief of counter-terrorism perations at the CIA. Defense Secretary William Perry testified this past week n Capitol hill about security at a Saudi Arabian airbase where a truck bomb illed 19 American servicemen last month.

One hundred years ago, Presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan delivered his famous "Cross of Gold" speech to the Democratic Party Convention. Scott speaks with columnist Tony Snow about its significance as a memorable piece of rhetoric, and how it changed the way conventions are run.

- Daniel talks with William Quandt, former National Security advisor on the Middle East to President Jimmy Carter. Quandt says both Benjamin Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat will be be under strong political pressure from their respective constituencies not to compromise on the very issues that have provoked the current round of violence in Israel.

for national security posts during his second term. They are... Madeleine Albright to be Secretary of State... William Cohen to be Defense Secretary... Anthony Lake to be CIA Director... and Samuel Berger to be National Security Adviser.

The United Nations says Kabila and Mobutu have agreed in principle to meet and discuss transitional arrangements. Mandela is very interested in having for the talks to take place in South Africa. No pre-conditions for the talks have been set, but no one is expecting rebels to lessen their demands. The BBC's William Wallis reports.

NPR's Martha Raddatz interviews Defense Secretary William Perry who says the the Saudi government is close to completing its investigation of the June bombing of U-S military headquaters there. Perry says he anticipates an announcement that there was an international connection to the bombing. Perry says if there is compelling evidence of international sponorship for that bombing, the U-S will respond with strong action.

Robert talks with William Quandt, a professor of government and foreign affairs at the University of Virginia about the role of the United States in the talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and how that role has changed over the years. Quandt is a former member of the National Security Council and was a participant in the Camp David Accords.

Noah talks with NPR's Anthony Brooks who is at the campaign headquarters for Vice President Al Gore in Nashville, Tennessee. Campaign Chairman William Daley today said that judges in Florida may find irregularities in the results that represent -- quoting here -- an "injustice unparalleled in our history."

Tonight's debate between Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards has taken on heightened interest now that polls show the race has tightened. NPR's Renee Montagne talks to NPR's Juan Williams

Groups of voters living in states that pollsters consider to be already decided in the presidential race are traveling to battleground states where they can have more of an impact. Hear NPR's Juan Williams.

Award-winning filmmaker William Greaves talks with NPR's Tony Cox about the revival of his film Symbiopsychotaxiplasm in it's new form, Take 2 1/2. The ever-evolving film, began in 1968, follows the lives of a couple with a troubled marriage. The movie is screening at the Sundance Film Festival.

Rock critic Ken Tucker continues his look at the latest in pop rock. He reviews the CD Red Head by the Boston-based musician known as Bleu (his real name is William McAuley).

NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg reports the Senate Judiciary Committee has completed its hearing of Alabama Attorney General William Pryor to the Federal Appeals Court in Atlanta. His nomination has been controversial, but the Republican-controlled committee is likely to approve Pryor's appointment.

The National Security Agency has issued a set of print advertisements that call to mind the "Loose Lips Sink Ships" messages of World War II. On Weekend Edition Saturday, author and curator William Bird critiques the ads and compares them with the posters of that bygone era.