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An excerpt of President Bush's stump speech, which focuses on the conflict in Iraq. We will broadcast a series of stump speeches by the presidential candidates in the coming weeks.

Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards square off in the only vice presidential debate scheduled for the campaign. The face-to-face meeting underscored differences between the two on the war in Iraq and domestic policies. NPR's Tavis Smiley gets analysis from Ron Walters, professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland, and Deborah Perry, president of the Choose 2 Lead Women's Foundation.

Britain and the United States discuss moving British troops northward so that U.S. troops can be freed to bolster forces in Fallujah. Defense Minister Geoffrey Hoon presented the request to Parliament, but said no decision has been made. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports.

Commentator Pam Varkony is a lifelong Republican and lives in the swing state of Pennsylvania. Unlike the national Republican party, she is in favor of gay marriage.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with political commentaors E.J. Dionne, columnist for The Washington Post, and David Brooks, columnist for The New York Times. Their topics: Thursday night's presidential debates and U.S. policy in Iraq.

British musician PJ Harvey relied on basic home-recording techniques and spare instrumentation for the CD Uh Huh Her. She tells NPR's Linda Wertheimer this music is a bit autobiographical, too.

The new multi-million-dollar headquarters of jazz at New York City's Lincoln Center opens Monday night. Artistic director Wynton Marsalis calls it the "house of swing." But some question whether vast concert halls will encourage the same creativity that once sprung from smoky jazz joints. Howard Mandel reports.

The loss of half of the nation's flu-vaccine supply has both President Bush and his Democratic rival, Sen. John Kerry, pointing fingers. But facts suggest both men may be placing the blame where it doesn't belong. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

Luciano Pavarotti's former manager, Herbert Breslin, and classical music critic Anne Midgette have written The King and I, a biography of the legendary tenor. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to the authors about Pavarotti's life and music.

NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to Lara Weaver in Bloomington, Ind., about the city's new public art project. To encourage people to vote, Weaver enlisted artists to decorate 20 plywood voting booths that will line the streets of downtown Bloomington through Nov. 2.