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who goes before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday for a confirmation hearing.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past eek's news, including State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns, White House ress Secretary Mike McCurry, Ward Connerly of the California Civil Rights nitiative, Jack Valenti Chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America nd scientist Carl Sagan (SAY-gun) who died this past Friday.

in the new Congress have for investigating allegations of impropriety, which have been raised against President Clinton. Most of the allegations go back to Mr. Clinton's years as Governor of Arkansas, but the Republican leaders say they also intend to investigate contributions made to the Clinton reelection campaign.

at the University of Wisconsin, about Presidential second terms and what to expect during President Clinton's second term in the White House. Historians generally agree that second terms tend to be less productive than first terms, for the few Presidents who've won them.

NPR's David Baron reports that Massachusetts has become the first state in the nation to make detailed information on doctors easily available to the public. As of today, consumers can get comprehensive profiles of physicians licensed in the state. These profiles include previously confidential information about malpractice suits. Some doctors complain the information isn't a good measure of quality.

Linda speaks with White House Correspondent Mara Liasson about the coming year for the White House...she says the President will not be seeking to pass huge legislative packages (like health care..) as he did in his first administration--and he faces many investigations into everything from Whitewater to campaign finance--but one new tool he will have in his second term will be the line item veto.

Commentator David Crystal says there is a role for senseless babble, whether for baby talk, or skat in jazz music.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that Gingrich yesterday appeared to have been made over as a new man, but whether his apologetic persona will be able to command respect as Speaker and rally the conservative troops remains in question.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports that Islam is making a resurgence in the countries of Central Asia. When many of these regions were controlled by the Soviet Union, mosques were closed and religious education curtailed. But now that independence has been achieved, there's been intense interest in recapturing the Islamic heritage of the Central Asian states.