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Lugar: Iraq Costs Underplayed

Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, questions the Bush administration's handling of post-war Iraq. Lugar suggests the administration has not been forthcoming with the Congress or the American people about the costs of rebuilding Iraq. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

GOP's Lugar Questions Iraq Cost Estimates

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Hurricane Memorial

Host Steve Inskeep speaks with Jim Clupper, a librarian in Islamorada, Fla., about the town's monument to the victims of the nation's worst hurricane on record, which hit the Florida Keys in 1935. The memorial to the hundreds of victims is one of the sites featured in a book about not-so-famous, but noteworthy sites across the country catalogued in a book called James Dean Died Here: The Locations of America's Pop Culture Landmarks. (# Santa Monica Press; ISBN: 1891661310.)

Hurricane Memorial

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Ari Fleischer

Host Steve Inskeep reflects on the departure of White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer in an essay recalling Fleischer's role in the 2000 presidential campaign and his attacks on Al Gore's credibility. On his last day on the job this past week, Fleischer found himself defending President Bush's credibility.

Ari Fleischer

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Bush Fallout

Host Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's National Political Correspondent Mara Liasson about the political fall-out for President Bush concerning casualties in Iraq and the ongoing controversy over the administration's claims about weapons of mass destruction. They also discuss efforts by the Democratic presidential candidates to exploit the issues.

Bush Fallout

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'Hell's Highway'

From the 1950s through the 1970s, millions of students in driver's education classes watched films that offered a grisly brand of highway safety education -- they used actual footage of bodies twisted by car crashes to instill the fear of reckless road behavior. A new documentary called Hell's Highway tracks the history of these shock-value films. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with director Bret Wood.

'Hell's Highway'

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World

Jenin Governor Freed

The Palestinian governor of Jenin is freed after being assaulted and held for several hours by the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, an armed Palestinian faction loosely associated with Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Peter Kenyon.

Jenin Governor Released After Abduction

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British Arms Specialist's Death Seen as Suicide

The death of British intelligence specialist David Kelly appears to be a suicide, with the cause of death listed as bleeding from a slash on his left wrist. He was tied to discredited reports that Saddam Hussein's regime sought to buy uranium in Africa as part of a nuclear weapons effort. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and British defense analyst Timothy Garden.

British Arms Specialist's Death Seen as Suicide

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2004 Fundraising Takes Shape

President Bush is off to a powerful start as he raises funds for a 2004 re-election run, while a bevy of candidates for the Democratic nomination fight for their share of the campaign pie. The mechanics of fundraising rely heavily on a technique called "bundling." NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

Fundraising for 2004 Presidential Race Takes Shape

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