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Host Bob Edwards speaks with Admiral William Owens about President Bush's intention to overhaul the U.S. military. Admiral Owens is the former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and author of Lifting the Fog of War.

Commentator Ev Ehrlich wonders how much credit Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan should get for the moods of the economy.

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports that organized labor is adopting a wait-and-see attitude toward the new Bush Administration. Unions may get an indication of the administration's intentions when Labor Secretary Elaine Chao addresses the AFL-CIO today in Los Angeles.

Firefighters and other municipal workers are protesting New York City's vaccine mandate, which takes effect Monday. If they don't have at least one dose by Friday, they will be put on unpaid leave.

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday that he doubts the U.S. economy will fall into a recession. Greenspan believes consumer spending will not be enough to avoid a slowdown, but it will keep the economy growing. NPR's John Ydstie reports.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that a new study has found that genetic factors alone may not be responsible for Alzheimer's disease. Now, scientists are considering how environmental factors may interact with genes to cause the onset of the debilitating condition.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on today's Senate hearing on former President Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich.

NPR's Peter Kenyon profiles Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, the Democratic counterpart to John McCain on the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reform bill. Like McCain, Feingold has a knack of irritating his own party. But he could turn out to be the Democrats' best hope of attracting independent voters to their side of the aisle.

Susanna Capelouto of Georgia Public Radio reports that the deaths of teen-agers on Georgia highways, particularly around Atlanta, has state lawmakers concerned.

It's the end of the assembly line - literally - for Britain's three-wheeled cars. The last Reliant Robin was produced today in London. NoahAdams talks with Graham Chapell, National Secretary of the Reliant Owners Club in Sheffield, England.