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NPR's Renee Montagne talks with NPR's Cokie Roberts about the response in Washington to the scandal over abuses of Iraqi prisoners.

As part of the Morning Edition series of commentaries on the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, Fawaz Gerges predicts the scandal will provoke more violence by Iraqi insurgents. Gerges is professor of international affairs and Middle Eastern studies at Sarah Lawrence College and author of the forthcoming book The Jihadists: Unholy Warriors.

Commentator Michael Ivey was urged by his wife to go see Prince in concert. He resisted at first. But he ended up going. He loved the performance... but then he realized he was seated at "eye level."

Confusion continues to surround a U.S. attack in western Iraq that killed more than 40 people. The U.S. military says the target of the air and ground assault early Wednesday was a suspected safe house for foreign fighters infiltrating Iraq from nearby Syria. But Iraqis in the area say the victims were participating in a wedding celebration. Hear NPR's Eric Westervelt.

Shocking photos of Iraqi prisoner abuse are the latest images to have a worldwide impact. Pictures, more than words, have affected public opinion throughout the past century. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports.

President Bush welcomes the formation of Iraq's interim government, saying it brings the country closer to democracy. With the leadership named, the United States and Britain hope the U.N. will approve a Security Council resolution that details security arrangements and the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

Medicare's drug discount drug program starts June 1, but seniors and advocacy groups say the process is still confusing. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports from a class that is trying to help seniors get the best deal for them.

In 1940, author John Steinbeck and his friend Ed Ricketts, a marine biologist, sailed to the Sea of Cortez to document wildlife. Now scientists are re-tracing their route. The Radio Expeditions series joins them.

Last November, the Red Cross handed high-level U.S. military officials in Iraq a harshly worded report describing abuses at Abu Ghraib, The Wall Street Journal reports. Sources tell the paper that military officials were skeptical of the report and seemed more concerned with restricting Red Cross access to the prison. Hear NPR's Steve Inkseep and Journal reporter Greg Jaffe.

NPR's Art Silverman talks to war veterans gathering at the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The memorial will be dedicated in an official ceremony on Saturday.