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CIA director John Deutch was at a town meeting in South Central neighborhood of Los Angeles yesterday. He was answering allegations that the agency introduced the crack cocaine trade there in the early 1980s. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on how that meeting went.

- As the military downsizes and defense spending decreases, many defense contractors are looking for ways to use their technology for non-military uses. NPR's Richard Harris visits one company that is applying its research to resolve a religious issue.

Liane Hansen speaks with Trey Anastasio and Mike Gordon of the band hish (FISH) about their new album "Billy Breathes" (Elektra 61971-2) and the reative exercises that the band says keeps their music fresh. Phish is merica's best-selling band without extensive airplay.

Commentator Iain Guest - of the United States Institute of Peace - says what happened in Rwanda in 1994 was genocide, and we are facing a catastrophe in Zaire because we didn't take action then. He says this shows us why a policy to fight genocide...whenever and wherever it occurs...must be in place.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the nation's capital has become the battleground for competing political scandals.

Scott speaks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden about refugees caughtin the fighting between Rwanda and Zaire.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Dr. ansine Kaba (lahn-see-NEH KAH-bah) about the immediate problem of returning efugees in Zaire, and the longer-term challenge of how the international ommunity and countries in Central Africa might resolve the region's political onflicts. Kaba is the Dean of the Honors College and a professor of History and frican-American studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

- In an attempt to give business majors some on-the-job training, Washington University in St. Louis is providing entrepreneurs with students to help them write up business plans. NPR's Chris Arnold reports the program provides business people with inexpensive help, the students with real-life business experience and the possibility of dividends for both if their joint efforts are successful.

Critic Bob Mondello picks the best movies of the year, and surprise! "Twister" isn't one of them. He says that the most interesting films of the year actually were about disasters...just not the natural kind.

President Clinton made a rare trip to Capitol Hill today to begin the budget negotiation process. He and congressional leaders came out of a meeting saying they had agreed to try to balance the budget by 2002. They also agreed to work on improving education, cutting taxes, and other items, although they still need to resolve their disparate approaches. NPR's Brian Naylor has a report.