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Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry complains that President Bush has not been entirely truthful in discussing the situation in Iraq. Sen. Kerry spoke to the National Guard Association in Las Vegas just two days after the president visited the group. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

As President Bush campaigns through nine states this week, he is bringing along a former rival who has become a featured performer on the president's behalf. It's Arizona Sen. John McCain, a Republican who has shown uncommon appeal beyond his own party. Hear NPR's Brian Naylor.

In a speech to the American Legion, Sen. John Kerry details what he calls the Bush administrations' many failures in Iraq. Kerry criticizes President Bush for not giving U.N. inspectors more time before the war and for failing to plan for the postwar period. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

Acting CIA chief John McLaughlin rejects the idea of creating an intelligence czar that would oversee the nation's intelligence efforts. Creation of the post is one of the recommendations expected to come out this week in the report by the bipartisan commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks. NPR's Susan Stamberg reports.

President George Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry take their campaigns to Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday. Kerry discussed jobs and the economy with the morning business group meeting he was attending. The president spoke of the war on terror at an outdoor rally with his supporters. Hear NPR's Melissa Block.

NPR's Daniel Schorr, senior news analyst, says that the net effect of the selective release of documents relating to prisoner abuse is to maintain "presidential deniability" -- that is, to suggest that however punitive Attorney General John Ashcroft may be, President Bush viewed these issues in humane terms.

At a speech in Cincinnati, Sen. John Kerry sharply critiques President Bush's Iraq policy, saying a failure to plan had cost America too much in lives and money. The Bush campaign counters by accusing Kerry of wavering in his positions on Iraq. Hear NPR's Greg Allen.

In the only vice presidential debate, Sen. John Edwards and Vice President Cheney delivered stinging, sometimes personal attacks. They differed sharply over Iraq, the war on terror, trial lawyers, health care and Halliburton. Hear NPR's Mara Liasson.

Michigan is one of three states holding Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday. Former Vermont governor Howard Dean is in a fierce battle with Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry to win the support of the state's union members. Union support appears critical to the survival of Dean's candidacy. Quinn Klinefelter of Detroit Public Radio reports.

Sen. John Kerry has solidified his frontrunner status, winning seven of nine Democratic presidential contests -- and five of the seven state races decided Tuesday. Just months ago, many political observers were dismissing Kerry as an also-ran. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Scott Horsley, who's following Democratic presidential frontrunner John Kerry. After a big win last night in the New Hampshire primary, Senator Kerry headed to Missouri today to begin a whirlwind week of campaigning before next Tuesday's seven primaries.

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry accuses President Bush of "colossal failures of judgment" in Iraq. Kerry's speech at New York University came one day before Bush's scheduled address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Host John Ydstie talks with violinist David Harrington and producer Gustavo Santaolalla about a new CD by the Kronos Quartet called Nuevo. The CD is a musical portrayal of life in Mexico. Members of the Kronos Quartet use their instruments to mimic the sounds of accordions, guitars and even brass with the help of Santaolalla. They play Mexican music that is both traditional and contemporary.

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews three new releases of live recordings by the late mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: John Harbison's North and South; Peter Liberson's Neruda Songs; and Rilke Songs.

In The Deadliest Lies, Anti-Defamation League national director Abraham Foxman responds to The Israel Lobby, arguing that Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer's work "serves merely as an attractive new package for disseminating a series of familiar but false beliefs" about Jews and Israel.

When political analysts talk about one potential presidential candidate for 2008, former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, they often mention his wife — and her down-to-earth appeal. Elizabeth Edwards talks about the death of her teenage son, living a life of politics, and surviving cancer.

For several generations, one of the hottest radio towns in the nation was Cleveland. And one of the hottest stations was WMMS, known as "the Buzzard." John Gorman, its former program director, has just published a memoir about the station.

Bridget Welsh, assistant professor of Southeast Asian studies at Johns Hopkins University, talks about the military government of Myanmar and why it's been so reluctant to accept outside assistance in the aftermath of the cyclone.

In economically troubled Ohio, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been trying to out-do each other in their opposition to NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. Republican contender John McCain joined in with his views on NAFTA this week, too.

During their debate Friday night, Barack Obama and John McCain clashed on the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and on the U.S. role in the world. A flare-up over Iran was the most contentious part of the debate. Were the candidates' statements about their foreign policy positions truthful?