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A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's news, including audio from the National Weather Service hotline in North Dakota; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga); and President Bill Clinton.

in Virginia and Tennessee. After starting the day with a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House, the President began a three-day, seven-state campaign trip.

Vicki O'Hara reports that as a result of the exhaustive Congressional hearings that followed the terrorist bombing of US troops in Dhahran last June, the House National Security Committee has blamed the US intelligence organizations with being ill-informed about and ill-prepared for the terrorist threat in Saudi Arabia.

a political science professor at Hendrix College, about politics in Arkansas. President Clinton should carry his home state easily in the presidential race, but Republicans are threatening to win House and Senate seats in the traditionally Democratic state.

about some of the pivotal Senate and House elections and how they affect which party controls Congress in January.

Weekend Edition Gardening commentator Ketzel Levine talks with Scott and Rob McCaleb of the Herb Research Foundation in Colorado, about a plant that is sweeter than sugar, with none of the calories. (** a source for ordering the plant, called 'Stevia,' is Log House Plants in Oregon 1-800-LOG-H115)

Members of a House and Senate conference committee are close to finishing a final version of welfare reform legislation. Congressional sources say the conference report is close to what President Clinton had hoped for, but does not include everything he wants. The President has not said whether he will sign the bill. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

NPR's Vicki O'Hara reports that Saudi Arabian officials have arrested a number of suspects in connection with the June 25th bombing at a U.S. military housing complex, which killed 19 Americans.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports that in Saudi Arabia, U-S troops are to begin moving to more secure locations. The move will cost an estimated 200 million dollars, and Saudi Arabia has agreed to pay for half of it. The move follows last month's bombing at a facility housing US military people that left 19 Americans dead.

of the Center for International Business Cycle Research at Columbia University who predicts that the next occupant of the White House will have to preside over a recession. Given indications from history, the current expansion in the economy is not expected to last.