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NPR's Rob Gifford reports from Beijing that China is boosting its military budghet by almost 18 per cent --its biggest increase in decades. Announcing the increase, China's Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng said the increase was needed because of drastic changes in the military situation around the world.

NPR's Ted Clark reports that the Bush administration has given indications that it seeks to recast US Foreign pollicy toward Asia. Officials say under President Bush, the US will seek to solidify its relations with traditional Asian allies such as Japan and South Korea while being more critical of China and North Korea.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports that military investigators went aboard the U.S.S. Greeneville in Pearl Harbor yesterday. They also heard testimony that civilian visitors, crowded into the tiny control room of the sub, may have distracted the crew members.

NPR's David Welna reports that some Congressmen are trying to work a safety mechanism into President Bush's tax-cut plan. The amendment they're proposing would allow for a series of tax-cuts only if budget surpluses continue.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports on South Korean President Kim Dae Jung's visit to the White House today. He is expected to push for negotiations on curbing missile development in North Korea. Despite this, analysts say President Bush's plans for a missile defense system could cause Asian powers to expand their own weapons programs.

Commentator Ev Ehrlich says census data reflect millions more people in the U.S. than population projections suggest. He thinks foreign workers are factoring into the head-count, and that they are exercising a powerful influence on the U.S. economy.

NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports on President Bush's efforts to gain support for his budget plan, before it comes to a vote in Congress on Thursday. Yesterday Mr. Bush met with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, and spoke to traders on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

The trial of four defendants indicted in the bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania has been under way for the past month. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with NPR's Melissa Block who's been covering the trial.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Randy Voepel, Mayor of Santee, Calfornia; Melissa Gern, a sophomore at Santana High School, where this week's deadly school shooting took place; San Diego County District Attorney Paul Pfingst on 15-year-old Charles Andrew Williams, who is in jail on murder and other charges; Vice President Dick Cheney and one of his cardiologists, Dr. Jonathan Reiner of George Washington University Hospital; Florida Judge Joel Lazarus sentencing 14-year-old Lionel Tate to life in prison after Tate's conviction for first-degree murder; President George W. Bush announcing a 60-day cooling-off period for Northwest Airlines and its mechanics union; O.V. Delle Femine, National Director of the Airline Mechanics Fraternal Association; Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (Republican, Illinois) and Representative Charles Rangel (Democrat, New York) on this week's passage by the House of part of President Bush's tax plan.

NPR's David Welna reports on a Bipartisan Civility Retreat for members of Congress this weekend in West Virginia. A number of members of Congress are seeking ways in which they can better communicate and work together.