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NPR's Steve Inskeep in Baghdad reports on the growing U.S.-trained Iraqi police force, which has become a target for insurgents in the country. More than 100 policemen have been killed in the past year in Baghdad alone.

The U.S. Army internal report on the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison is classified. The publisher of a newsletter that tracks government secrecy says that classification violates U.S. government rules. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and Steven Aftergood, director of the Project on Government Secrecy for the Federation of American Scientists.

NPR's Madeleine Brand speaks with Eric Watkins from the Baghdad office of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting about reaction in the Iraqi press to the search for a new national leader.

Wesley Clark officially withdraws from the Democratic presidential race. The retired general, who got into the contest late, leaves having won only one primary, in Oklahoma on Feb. 3. He is the fourth major candidate to withdraw. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

The Federal Election Commission imposed new limits on non-party political groups that want to use large donations to influence this fall's elections. NPR's Peter Overby reports Republican leaders and campaign reformists say all money raised by groups independent of party candidates should be off limits.

Opposition to sex education in high school has galvanized and politically united conservatives. As a result, approximately one third of sex education classes being offered today teach abstinence only. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports.

Democratic presidential candidate front-runner John Kerry has been very critical of the rate of U.S. job loss under President Bush. Kerry unveils his own plan to help the nation rebound from its economic woes. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

Disagreements among Republicans in Congress over how to handle the budget and the federal deficit has pitted some political icons against each other in recent days. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

Barry Levinson is the director of such award-winning movies as Good Morning Vietnam and The Natural. His first novel, 66, is the story of a group of friends struggling to retain their youths while taking on adult challenges. NPR's Susan Stamberg reports.

The latest Masterpiece Theater presentation is a relatively new masterpiece. It's Zadie Smith's White Teeth, from a novel published just two years ago. NPR's Lynn Neary reports.