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Robert talks with Jan Vansina, a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin who specializes in Central Africa, about the Hutu-Tutsi conflict in Central Africa. Vansina discusses the potential for a full-blown war in the area which includes parts of Zaire, Rwanda and Burundi.

NPR's Brian Naylor talks to Republican and Democratic consultants for an national overview of House races. In recent weeks, Republicans in a number of close races seem to have pulled ahead, and some political observers say the anti-incumbent sentiment that marked the 1992 election seems much-diminished this year.

about the ethnic and tribal conflicts that have rocked central Africa in recent years.

Robert talks to George Stephanopoulos about the reshuffling of President Clinton's cabinet for his second term. Defense Secretary William Perry, Secretary of State Warren Christopher, Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor and Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary are expected to announce their resignations formally soon, and other cabinet members may follow suit. They'll also talk about the President's agenda for the next four years, and the significance of the split between male and female voters in their support for him.

- Daniel talks with political writer Sidney Blumenthal (New Yorker magazine) about his play, "This Town," which is a send-up of the Washington Press Corps. Blumenthal, is critical of the celebrity culture, which he says, permeates Washington journalism. The play was performed this past week at The Washington Press Club - before an audience of journalists.

backed away from its promised reform of Mexico's electoral system.

in Chicago.

Critic Bob Mondello has a review of the latest Barbra Streisand movie, "The Mirror Has Two Faces." He says that Streisand is sticking with a role she's played in several movies, that of ugly-duckling-turns-to-swan, and to be honest, it's getting a little tiresome.

After elections in which the number of police on the streets and leadership in the drug war were debated, Congress and the president have the same issues to confront in 1997. NPR's Chitra Ragavan says other crime issues likely to occupy Washington next year are computer crime, militia movements, and the cost of the growing prison population.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports on what appears to be a split vote on six Congressional House seats up for grabs this election. The state was seen as a bellwether for the conservative shift in 1994, when six seats flipped from Democratic to Republican. The margin was narrow in 1994, however, and this year's readjustment may indicate that 1994 wasn't such a strong rightward swing.