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NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr, having read a new report from the CIA, wonders if the foreign policies of Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice will be applicable to the world they might face.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Bujanovac, in southern Serbia, where ethnic Albanian militants have been waging an insurgency. Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica is demanding that the United Nations and NATO peacekeepers stop the insurgents from crossing from Kosovo into the buffer zone along the border with Serbia proper. At the same time, Kostunica has taken steps to improve relations with the majority ethnic Albanian population in the Presevo Valley. The U.N. Security Council meets tomorrow to discuss the issue.

Robert talks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden who's in Jerusalem about election politics in Israel, and the prospects of a return to power by former right-wing prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Nearly ten million voters in the west African nation of Ghana went to the polls on December 7th to elect a new president. The election has been praised by monitors as free and fair and touted as a shining example of democracy on the continent. President Jerry Rawlings, the outgoing leader, is stepping down after 19 years in power. Unlike many leaders across Africa, he is adhering to the constitutional limit of a two term presidency. Host Lisa Simeone talks with Chris Fomunyoh who monitors elections for the National Democratic Institute.

Host Lisa Simeone talks to postmaster June Wagner of Bethlehem , Maryland about the heavy influx of mail during the holiday season because of the town's name.

Host Lisa Simeone visits the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona where a new exhibit chronicles the history of Indian Boarding Schools. Starting in 1878 thousands of Indian children were sent, often by force, to boarding schools, in the hope the the schools would teach the children to 'be American.' Lisa talks with Margaret Archuletta, the curator of the exhibit, along with Brenda Child, historical advisor to the exhibit and author of the book, Boarding School School Seasons.

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.