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NPR's Mara Liasson reports on President Clinton's visit to the graves of bombing victims in Israel. During his stay, the President promised $100 million in assistance to combat terrorism, and lent his moral support to both Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat.

Ron Brown's resume shows a list of firsts, including first African American chairman of a major political party, first African American manager of a presidential campaign and first African American partner at his Washington law firm. NPR's Mara Liasson has a profile.

Commentator Alan Cheuse reviews a new novel about life in a Chicago home for the mentally ill. It's called Life in teh Rainbow by Richard Horan. (Steerforth Press)

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH NPR'S SYLVIA POGGIOLI THE DEATH THIS WEEK OF SECRETARY OF COMMERCE RON BROWN, WHO WAS ON A MISSION TO THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports that the Clinton administration admitted for the first time today that it looked the other way in 1994 when Iran clandestinely shipped arms to Bosnia in violation of the United Nations arms embargo. Undersecretary of State Peter Tarnoff told a House panel that Congress should have known about the shipments because the information was available in daily intelligence reports.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports that the White House releases a report today that says despite reports of anxiety about job losses, the pace of layoffs has not increased in recent years. The report also found that workers who lose their jobs are not having a harder time finding new ones.

Commentator Genevieve (Jenna-veeve) Ginsburg on aging and how all conversations seem to turn to physical ailments.

Commentator Marion Winik tells of the terror of losing her kids in the grocery store.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

ANNE GARRELS VISITS PIONEERKSAYA IN THE CRIMEA TO SPEAK WITH SOME OF THE TATARS THAT HAVE RETURNED TO THE REGION AFTER BEING EXPELLED FROM CRIMEA BY STALIN IN 1943 AND 1944.