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In a series of upcoming speeches -- the first scheduled Monday at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pa. -- President Bush will outline his Iraq policy. Washington insiders have their own views about how the president should make his case. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

In the first of several speeches attacking President Bush's national security policies, Sen. John Kerry accused the president of failing to create an adequate multinational coalition to support efforts in Iraq. But Kerry's criticisms seemed constrained to many, a fact that analysts attribute to Kerry's effort to win swing voters by avoiding a hard-line stance. Hear NPR's David Welna.

Independent groups producing political advertisements hoping to influence the 2004 presidential election are now more prolific than ever. By one count, there have been more than 50 such ads so far, mostly from groups allied to the Democrats including MoveOn.org and The Media Fund. Now GOP-leaning groups are also joining the fray. NPR's John McChesney reports.

Tens of thousands of book lovers and architecture fans are expected to turn out Sunday for the grand opening of the new Seattle public library. The 10-story glass-and-steel building was designed by Pritzker prize-winning architect Rem Koolhaas and his firm. The unconventional building not only pushes the defnition of what a library looks like, it also expands the way a library functions. Marcie Sillman of member station KUOW reports.

Tom Weber of member station KWMU reports on the people who are helping to re-create the Lewis and Clark expedition. This year marks the 200th anniversary of the start of the expedition.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the decision this week of the rock group Phish to call it quits.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara profiles Lakhdar Brahimi, the former Algerian foreign minister and veteran United Nations negotiator, who is trying to put together an interim government in Iraq.

Lori Mildice Hill's husband has been serving overseas since November. Since March, Marine Gunnery Sgt. Daryl Hill has been stationed in Iraq, but Lori doesn't always know where he is. Hear her radio diary.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Robert Baer, a former CIA agent who worked in the Middle East. They discuss potential future terrorist attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure. Over the weekend, armed militiamen killed 22 workers at a compound in the Saudi city of Khobar. Baer is the author of upcoming book Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude.

The U.S. Army releases details of the death of a soldier involved in the ambush that led to the capture of Pfc. Jessica Lynch. Sgt. Donald Walters of Salem, Ore., was not killed in combat, but executed later by Iraqi captors. Colin Fogarty of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports.