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NPR's Susan Stamberg continues her series of conversations about loyalty. Today she speaks with Lt. Gen. Theodore Stroup. They discuss the meaning of faith and duty in the military.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Doctor Cheryl Healton of the anti-tobacco American Legacy Foundation. They discuss the Surgeon General's report out today highlighting the differences between smoking habits of men and women. Women especially are the targets of aggressive marketing campaigns.

Commentator Russell Roberts says if President Bush wants to convince Americans of the need for his tax cut, he should rent an old Marx Brothers movie and brush up on Groucho's sales-pitch.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Cokie Roberts. Congress starts debate this week on the federal budget.

NPR's Guy Raz reports from Macedonia. Fighting between a small band of ethnic Albanian rebels and the Macedonian military continues.

Doug MacPherson of New Hampshire Public Radio reports on the continuing problem of acid rain. Despite improvements in emissions standards over the past decade, environmental experts say that even more stringent standards are needed to speed-up the recovery of damaged ecosystems.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Michael Kaiser, the newly appointed president of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., as part of a series of conversations on Morning Edition about leading a divided group. Kaiser is known for his track record of bringing troubled arts organizations back from the brink of collapse. He says the most important facet of leadership is a vision for the future.

Michigan Public Radio's Matt Shafer Powell reports from Detroit that many autoworkers are likely to make considerably less money in overtime earnings this year because of production cuts by the big three carmakers. Loss of overtime will mean $20,000 less for some workers, and that will hurt businesses that benefit from workers' non-essential spending.

Animator Paul Fierlinger memorializes the dogs who shared his life in his new short film, Still Life With Animated Dogs. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with Fierlinger about his life in communist (dog-unfriendly) Czechoslovakia. His film appears on public television stations later this week. For more information visit http://www.pbs.org/animateddogs/ or call 1-800-343-5540.

Host Bob Edwards talks with reporter Caroline Gluck about changes South Korean President Kim Dae Jung has ordered in his cabinet.

NPR's Alex Chadwick reports on a biological enigma in the forests of the Republic of Congo. This story is part one of our latest NPR/National Geographic Radio Expedition.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from Indonesia that female vice president Megowati Sukarnoputri may have a second shot at the presidency of this mostly male-run country.