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The House of Representatives is set to vote Friday night on a resolution calling for a quick withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. GOP politicians continue to criticize the proposal's sponsor, Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), a former backer of the war and a Vietnam veteran considered a hawk on defense.

In her new novel, Amy Tan sets a group of tourists off to Burma accompanied, in spirit, by a friend and guide named Bibi Chen — who mysteriously dies before the start of the trip. While Chen mirrors other characters of Tan's previous novels, Saving Fish From Drowning marks a departure from Tan's stories of close-knit Chinese-American families. Lynn Neary talked with Tan about her new direction.

The Olympics broadcast this year offers viewer-friendly features such as "simulcam," which allows viewers to compare the performance of two skiers. Hank Adams, CEO of Sportvision, talks to Michele Norris about the technology being used in this year's broadcast.

A respected Democratic lawmaker's call for U.S. troops to withdrawn from Iraq has drawn a response from the White House. The Iraq war topic continued to stay in the spotlight as President Bush attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in South Korea.

Attorneys Douglas Cox and Sarah Havens take up the cases of 11 detainees from Yemen -- men who have had no contact with people outside the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay for more than three years. Gaining the trust of these men proves to be as difficult as getting to Cuba in the first place.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says Israel will do whatever is required to defend the nation against attacks. The Cabinet approves assassinations of Palestinian militants. The actions follow attacks by Hamas at the southern Israeli town of Sderot.

Former President Jimmy Carter talks with Ed Gordon about his latest book, Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis, where Carter argues blurring the line between church and state threatens civil liberties. In 1982, Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, co-founded the Carter Center, which works to advance human rights around the world.

Investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell writes for The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss., and specializes in unearthing new evidence from Civil Rights era criminal cases. His coverage has led to the convictions of four Ku Klux Klan members, starting with Byron De La Beckwith for the assassination of Medgar Evers. Recently, Edgar Ray Killen was found guilty of orchestrating the murders of Civil Rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner. Next week Mitchell will be honored with the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism.

In an exclusive interview with NPR, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff talks about agency plans to tighten the southern U.S. border and ending the "catch and release" policy. The policy of releasing illegal immigrants has been criticized as a potential way for terrorists to enter the country.

Oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico remains largely suspended Monday after Hurricane Rita swept through the region on Saturday. The storm damaged several big refineries in Texas and Louisiana, but the impact appears to have been less than expected.