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The American Friends Service Committee assembles nearly 800 pairs of combat boots on Capitol Hill, demonstrating the sacrifice of U.S. soldiers. The Quaker organization placed the boots in rows to commemorate the American soldiers killed in Iraq. NPR's David Welna reports.

The campaigns of President Bush and his Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry, experiment with what works with political ads online. NPR's Robert Smith reports.

Retired Gen. Anthony Zinni says Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his top aides should be held responsible for failing to plan for Iraq's reconstruction after the U.S.-led war. Hear NPR's Steve Inkseep's extended interview with the former U.S. Central Command chief.

NPR's Mandalit del Barco speaks with mourners in Southern California who visited memorials for President Ronald Reagan over the weekend. Mourners gathered at the funeral home where Reagan's body was briefly held, and also at his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The National Archive releases more than 20,000 pages of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's telephone transcripts that had been held since 1976. The documents offer a view of Kissinger's approach to negotiation and crises in China, Vietnam, Cambodia and Chile. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and Tom Blanton, National Security Archive director at George Washington University.

As Congress prepares to write a budget to guide this year's tax and spending decisions, some Senate Republicans join Democrats in calling for a "pay as you go rule," which would mandate that any future tax cuts be offset by spending cuts. House Republicans vehemently oppose such measures. The dispute reveals a GOP divided over fiscal policy. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and Ross Baker, a political science professor at Rutgers University.

Mourners continue to pay their respects to the late President Ronald Reagan at the library named for him in California's Simi Valley. NPR's Madeleine Brand reports from the Reagan Library, where crowds wait for hours to view the former president's coffin.

Major Gen. George Fay, who is investigating the role of U.S. military intelligence personnel in abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, has asked to be replaced by a higher-ranking general. Fay says he cannot effectively investigate those who outrank him. It's likely that a four-star general will be named to head the investigation. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

Because abortion rights would be decided in states if the Supreme Court were to overturn Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft has brought new midterm campaign enthusiasm to Georgia and other swing states.

College graduates are entering a hot labor market with national data showing employers are significantly boosting recruitment. Many seniors are accepting job offers months before they graduate.