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NPR's John Nielsen reports that John Kasich, chairman of the House Budget Committee, pledged today that there will not be another government shutdown later this month...when current funding to run the government is due to expire.

former Director of the Congressional Budget Office, about how the budget impasse is affecting financial markets. Reischauer is now a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington.

NPR'S Neal Conan reports that Iraq is still considered a military threat in the Middle East, five years after its defeat in the Persian Gulf War to liberate Kuwait. But the United States is the dominant force in the region as the protector of the rich Gulf states.

President Clinton today announced a bi-partisan campaign to reduce teen pregnancies in the U.S. He named Dr. Henry Foster, his failed nominee for surgeon general, to head the campaign. We'll hear some of President Clinton's statement, in which he calls for an end to "children having children."

Robert speaks with Ian Lesser, an expert on Greek-Turkish relations at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, California. Lesser explains the events leading up to the current tensions between Greece and Turkey over another disputed island -- in addition to Cyprus -- and the wider ramifications for security in the eastern Mediterranean.

Tovia Smith reports that New Hampshire have been inundated with campaign ads in recent weeks as rivals for the Republican presidential nomination try to outdo each other on the airwaves. This unprecedented use of television advertising -- in a state where previous campaigns were waged mostly in living rooms and meeting halls -- is partly due to the massive influx of campaign spending by millionaire businessman Steve Forbes. Some analysts say the increasingly negative ads will only turn off voters.

and ways in which some in Congress intend to address the problem. But while advocates of reform try to build support, some of the nations most powerful interest groups threaten the movement.

France's President Jacques Chirac on a state visit to Washington addressed a joint session of Congress and got his loudest applause when he spoke of his decision just this week to cease his nation's nuclear testing. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Commentator Ellen Ullman talks about the fear of becoming obsolete in the computer industry - an industry which changes at an incredibly rapid rate.

that their party's anti-regulatory position on environmental issues is going to cost them dearly in this year's elections. Major revisions in the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, and other environmental protection laws have been a top legislative priority for the new Republican majority.