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NPR's Ron Elving profiles Sen. Don Nickles (R-OK), the new chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, who will have a critical role in helping President Bush try to get his budget through Congress. Nickles has been in the Senate since the early years of the Reagan presidency. Sen. Nickles has made elimination of the estate tax a top priority.

All Things Considered Ethicist Randy Cohen stops by once again to sort out listeners' messy lives. Today, Inskeep and Cohen debate the ethics of tattoos. Also, hear a discussion about how to make your own ethical decisions.

The U.S. military apologizes for the crash of a U.S. reconnaissance plane in South Korea, which injured three people and sparked a fire that damaged a house and business. The pilot ejected safely, officials say. NPR's Rob Gifford reports.

Thousands of protesters attack the French embassy in Ivory Coast after African leaders, meeting in Paris, seal an agreement to end a four-month civil war in the West African nation. The protesters say the peace deal gives too much power to Ivory Coast rebels. NPR's Nick Spicer reports.

A Spanish judge orders 16 al Qaeda suspects arrested on Friday to remain in the government's custody. Police say they found chemicals, detonators and other electronic bomb components in searches of their homes. Jerome Socolovsky reports.

Two doctors work on an easy-to-administer drug regimen aimed at eradicating filariasis, a mosquito-borne disease affecting 43 million people in the tropics. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

In preparation for the 2004 Olympics, more than 1,500 taxi drivers in Athens, Greece, are being sent to charm school, where they will be taught how to get along with international visitors.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the phrase “class-warfare.”

For the past few years, Afghanistan has suffered from ongoing drought. So have the United States, central Asia and southern Europe. As NPR’s Richard Harris reports, new research now links these events -- and suggests global warming is at play.

Rick Cleveland has some experience writing presidential speeches. He won an Emmy award for writing on The West Wing. One of his jobs was to write the State of the Union address for fictional President Josiah Bartlet.