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In Mozambique, Western aid agencies launch several pilot programs to provide AIDS patients with generic drugs free of charge. But social stigmas, lack of infrastructure and a shortage of trained personnel to monitor the program present challenges. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.

We hear suggestions for President Bush's State of the Union address from several All Things Considered commentators including English Teacher Ray Salazar of Hubbard High School, Chicago, about education; Merrill Matthews, a visiting scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation in Dallas, about health care policy; Cincinnati City Beat Columnist Kathy Y. Wilson, about race relations; and Kurt Campbell, Senior Vice President at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, about foreign relations.

In Tuesday's State of the Union address, President Bush is expected to call for military aggression against Iraq if Saddam Hussein isn't totally cooperative with weapons inspectors. The White House says Bush will also make a case for tax cuts. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Hart Seeley of the Syracuse Post Standard has a tongue twister on Saddam and Iraq.

More ships are sunk by mines than in direct combat. U.S. technology has lagged behind in the mine-detection stakes but, as NPR’s Eric Niiler reports, the Navy is trying to get up to speed using everything from underwater drones to dolphins.

Collectively, Americans are in debt $1.7 trillion. Today, we begin a multi-part series about our relationship with debt. We'll hear about one couple who got in way over their heads with credit cards, and we'll meet a small-town debt collector.

Commentator Lenore Skenazy explores the novel news places where advertising is turning up: on cows, in cabs, in elevators, on floors of urinals.

Robert talks to Jacob Weisberg, Chief Political Columnist for the on-line magazine Slate, about the final round of political ads before this year's election. (5:30) Slate magazine can be found on the internet at http://slate.msn.com

Every day, Noodle is lifted from his bed, and whether he stands up or flops down will determine what the day is going to look like.

A new poll finds more than 55% of Black and Latino households have faced serious financial problems in recent months. And more than a quarter have depleted their savings.