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On his first overseas trip as US Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld spoke to many of his European counterparts yesterday at the annual Security Policy Conference in Munich, Germany. Rumsfeld outlined the Bush administration's policy, including support for a controversial missile defense system. NPR's Guy Raz reports from Munich.

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on President Bush's appearance at the Democratic legislative retreat in Pennsylvania yesterday. Mr. Bush continued his attempt to charm the opposition. Though some members seemed charmed, he faced tough questions from Democrats, many of whom remain skeptical of finding common legislative ground with the new president.

NPR's Melissa Block reports that four men go on trial today in New York for bombing the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. The men are suspected to be tied to a radical terrorist organization led by Osama Bin Laden.

A Senate banking committee claims U.S. banks are giving the green light to money laundering by failing toclosely monitor their relationships with overseas financial institutions. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Paul Light of the Brookings Institution about his new report on the greatest achievements of the federal government in the past 50 years.

Steve Tripoli of member station WBUR in Boston reports on Roman Totenberg, the 90-year-old concert violinist whose decades in music are now bridging the gap between two very diverse musical periods. A concert tonight in Boston will honor Totenberg on his birthday. (Roman Totenberg is the father of NPR's legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg).

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports that the Justice Department has given a federal prosecutor in New York jurisdiction to investigate all of then-President Clinton's last-minute pardons. Attorney General John Ashcroft has given U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White authority to look into any claims that cash or other benefits were exchanged for pardons.

China is in the final stage of wrapping up its 14-year bid to join the World Trade Organization. In his annual news conference at the National People's Congress, China's Trade Minister Shi Guangsheng told reporters today that the outcome of final negotiations was a foregone conclusion, but he shied away from setting a specific date for Beijing joining the world body. NPR's Rob Gifford reports from Beijing.

Student Christina Appleberry argues that standardized tests are good for her. She doesn't get very good grades because she doesn't do her homework, but she is smart and always does well on tests.

Michael Montgomery of American Radio Works reports that since NATO-led peacekeepers moved into Kosovo nearly two years ago, hundreds of Serbs and other minorities have been killed. Many others have disappeared and are feared dead. The majority ethnic Albanians are reluctant to give information about missing Serbs. They harbor anger over the killings and destruction wrought by Serbian forces during the Kosovo war, and they fear reprisals by other Kosovars. International officials say the disappearances seem to be part of a campaign to discourage displaced Serbs from returning to Kosovo, and to drive out those who remain out in the province.