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Before departing Texas for Washington, D.C., Bush named Stanford professor Condoleezza Rice his national security adviser and Justice Alberto Gonzales to the White House counsel's job. Rice, who served as a national security aide in the administration of former President Bush, is the second black to be named to George W. Bush's foreign policy team. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

A commentary from Gwen Glenn, a Washington, DC based Journalist. As an African- American, she shares why she took the past five weeks of election confusion very personally.

NPR's Mark Roberts reports on the difficulty many small towns have recruiting volunteer firefighters. Many potential volunteers must commute to other areas for work, and are unable to respond quickly to emergency calls. Others find the demand on their personal time hard to deal with. Some municipalities are adding to a few paid firefighters to their volunteer staffs, but even that solution has its drawbacks.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports that weather won't be the only cause for delays at the nation's airports over the busy holiday season. Labor disputes at many airlines threaten to hinder travel for the 39 million people scheduled to fly between now and New Years Day.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on President-elect George W. Bush's transition to the White House. Over the weekend, he selected Condoleezza Rice as National Security Advisor and Colin Powell as Secretary of State. While his initial appointments may be well-received, questions of bi-partisanship in Washington remain.

Commentator Rich Galen is pleased that the Presidential election finally has been decided. He says things could have gotten a whole lot messier if the election dispute had played out much longer.

Commentator Bill Lessard says the gloomy financial outlook for dot-com companies is a boon for consumers. A competitive marketplace online means better products and better customer service.

NPR's Ted Clark reports that Israelis and Palestinians are in Washington for separate talks with US officials. The goal is to restart the stalled Mideast peace process.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Professor Yaron Ezrahi , Senior Fellow with the Israel Democracy Institute about the political situation in Israel. Former Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu says he won't run against Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

Noah talks with Dan Roth, who's a senior editor at Fortune Magazine about why the magazine voted The Container Store the best company to work for. It's the second year in a row the magazine has done so.