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Host Bob Edwards speaks with Labor Secretary Elaine Chao. Chao says the Bush administration is not anti-labor,and that issues of an aging workforce must be addressed in the next four years. (7:36) For more on Chao and other administration officials, check out our coverage of the Bush administration.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports from Miami that after four months of counting, the Miami Herald and USA Today released their recount of all of Florida's presidential election ballots. They found that November's election was fraught with errors and inconsistencies.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports that friends and relatives of those on the U.S. reconnaissance plane held in China, await word on when their loved ones might return home. Family members are organizing efforts, such as displaying yellow ribbons on cars and trees, to show community support for the soldiers.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports that the uncertain economy, combined with the looming April 15th tax deadline is causing many investors to sell off what they can, and use any earnings to cover their taxes.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Perez and Palestinian cabinet minister Nabil Shaath met privately today in Athens, Greece. Violence has steadily escalated in the West Bank and Gaza in recent weeks.

At a Naval Weapons Depot near San Diego, the dismantling of a huge stockpile of leaking napalm canisters will finally be completed today. From member station KPBS in San Diego, Erik Andersen reports.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports that European environmental officials have not persuaded the Bush administration to change its position on the Kyoto agreement. EPA Director Christine Whitman told a European delegation yesterday that President Bush is sticking with his decision to withdraw support for the agreement, because it would be too costly and is unfair to the U.S.

Host Bob Edwards talks with James R. Lilley, former Ambassador to China from 1989-91 under the previous Bush Administration. They discuss the international law involved in the U.S.-China incident, and talk about how it might be resolved.

Commentator Laura Novak learns much from volunteering at the infant Intensive Care Unit of her local hospital, where her own son was born with serious birth defects.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the upcoming mayoral race in Los Angeles. There are a number of candidates vying for the position, but with the primary less than a week away, it seems there are only three major contenders.