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NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that President Bill Clinton used his weekly radio address to begin making the case for deploying American troops in Bosnia. Clinton said a deployment is in the best interests of American security and in keeping with the country's national values. Clinton urged Americans to support his plan to send 20,000 U.S. soldiers as part of a 60,000-strong NATO force that will try to guarantee peace in a land torn by four years of bloodshed, atrocities and ethnic cleansing.

Jacki talks with this unusual group of musicians who, more than anything else, resemble a travelling troupe of medieval balladeers. Big Blow and the Bushwackers, as they're called, isn't a group restricted to the normal collection of musical instruments rather they draw on anything that makes sound - be it trash or their own bodies. The Bushwackers love to perform live but they have made it into a studio to produce a couple of cd's on Wedgie Records. Their latest studio effort is called "Habagoola" and is available by calling 1-800- 394-1140.

Regina Sansalone reports from Rome on the trial of Italy's former Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, and his alleged links to the Mafia. Tommaso Buscetta, the mafia informer whose testimony has implicated more than 300 mafia figures, said in court today that he knew of Adreotti's links to the mob more than 10 years ago.

about former Polish President Lech Walesa's decision to go back to his old job as an electrician at the Gdansk shipyard after he lost last month's election

but he doubts there's the political will in the White House to do so, which might explain why Mr. Clinton's party lost the votes of workers in the 1994 congressional elections.

The suspended federal budget talks have reached at least one conclusion. Both sides will base their offers on assumptions about future economic trends as projected by the Congressional Budget Office. The director of the CBO, June O'Neill, came in as a Republican appointee, but NPR's Peter Kenyon says she has maintained the office's reputation for non-partisan forecasts.

about his attempt to see a mine-shaft reportedly used by the Bosnian Serbs to hide the bodies of massacre victims.

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conference of 1996. The President fielded numerous questions about the budget impasse with Congress and about allegations regarding Hillary Rodham Clinton's roles in Whitewater and in the White House travel office. The President also defended his decision to visit U.S. troops stationed in Bosnia.