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Tom Gjelten reports that the Clinton administration is stepping up its military aid to Colombia for its fight against drug cartels. Most of the cocaine sold in the U.S. comes from Colombia. But the effort to assist the Colombians is coming under fire; critics say the United States should not be sending aid to Colombia's military because of its notorious human rights record.

Steve Inskeep reports that candidates at both the Presidential and Congressional levels make very different use of radio for their political ads than they do television. Candidates are "narrowcasting" with their radio spots -- tailoring messages to ethnic or Christian voters. And candidates are using radio to wage very negative campaigns, while keeping their television ads more positive.

President Clinton asked Arkansas poet Miller Williams to write a poem for the Second Inaugural. The poem is titled "On History and Hope."

NPR's Mara Liasson reports that Bill Clinton today took the oath of office for his second term as President of the United States. In his inaugural speech he issued a passionate call for racial and political unity. "We must succeed as one America," he declared.

Commentator Murray Horwitz has been looking at a photo of Bill Cosby and his son Ennis for nearly ten years. The two are pictured on the cover of a book of photographs of fathers and their sons -- a book which also contains a photo of Horwitz and his son. Horwitz says that since the death of Ennis Cosby, the way he looks at the photo of the Cosbys has changed -- and so, maybe, has his relationship with his son. (3:00) ((STATIONS: "Fathers and Sons" was published by Abbeville Press, in

to a second term as President of the United States. Yesterday's celebration was more subdued than the one four years ago. The President appealed to Congressional leaders to set aside 'extreme partisanship,' and tackle the nation's most urgent problems.

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NPR's Eric Westervelt examines the debate over academic standards at the two-year schools.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Jerusalem that after the intercession of King Hussein and the threat that the US mediator Denis Ross would pack up and go home, Palestinian and Israeli negotiators are finally close to signing an agreement for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Hebron. But what was held up the talks is not so much reaching an agreement on how the withdrawal should be handled. The real concern appears to be getting a commitment to time tables for further Israeli withdrawals in the next year from the occupied West Bank countryside.

have arrived in eastern Zaire after being trapped by fighting between rebels and Hutu extremists.