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for a rendezvous with the Hubble telescope. During the mission the astronauts will upgrade equipment on the telescope.

Robert speaks with Willi Korte (KOR-tay), a lawyer and World War II historian, about the announcement that Switzerland's three largest banks are setting up a fund in memory of Holocaust victims. Korte discusses the nature of Switzerland's neutrality during the war - Switzerland sheltered some Jewish refugees, but turned away others. It also accommodated offices for both the OSS and German intelligence agencies. Korte says the big question is how much of the billions of dollars worth of gold and art that flowed through Switzerland during the war is still there.

President Clinton made a rare trip to Capitol Hill today to begin the budget negotiation process. He and congressional leaders came out of a meeting saying they had agreed to try to balance the budget by 2002. They also agreed to work on improving education, cutting taxes, and other items, although they still need to resolve their disparate approaches. NPR's Brian Naylor has a report.

a member of Armed Services Committee, about the possible deployment of U.S. troops to Bosnia. The Senator, and the rest of his committee, was briefed yesterday by Defense Secretary William Perry.

Gene Johnson of member station WNYC reports on today's verdict in the Crown Heights federal civil rights trial. A jury in New York convicted two men for violating the civil rights of Yankel Rosenbaum, who was killed during what police call a 'race riot' in 1991.

of the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, about the impact Hispanic voters had on this election.

Journalist PHILIP GOUREVITCH (Gur-RAY-vitch) who is based in Rwanda. He writes frequently on the region for The New Yorker. He's currently working on a book about Rwanda and the aftermath of the 1994 civil war. Last week GOUREVITCH was in Zaire. He'll talk with Marty Moss-Coane about the political backdrop to the current conflict in Zaire. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

Texaco announced it has reached a 176 million dollar settlement in a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by African American employees. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

Robert talks with NPR's Martha Raddatz about the possible new commitment of U.S. troops in Bosnia. They discuss how the mission will be defined, what its goals and objectives will be, and how the troops will operate on the ground in Bosnia. Also, they'll talk about the foreign policy credibility of the Clinton Administration and the Pentagon and what each hopes to accomplish with this new deployment of troops.

- In an attempt to give business majors some on-the-job training, Washington University in St. Louis is providing entrepreneurs with students to help them write up business plans. NPR's Chris Arnold reports the program provides business people with inexpensive help, the students with real-life business experience and the possibility of dividends for both if their joint efforts are successful.