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In the first of a series of conversations with former presidents about the U.S. Constitution, NPR's Cokie Roberts speaks with Gerald Ford, who took office when Richard Nixon resigned in 1974.

NPR's Liane Hansen is joined by two members of President Clinton''s seven member advisory board on race, attorney Angela Oh and former Mississippi Gov. William Winter. This past week, members of the board ventured outside Washington to Phoenix, Arizona, where they heard from residents in an open forum.

NPR's David Greene speaks to NAACP President Derrick Johnson about Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination and how this will factor into the agenda for the civil rights group's annual convention this year.

Commentator Molly Ivins shows off her proficiency in "Bush Speak", a new dialect in Washington, D.C.

President Bush marks Veterans Day at several venues around the Washington, D.C., area, speaking of the nation's gratitude toward those who have served. Hear portions of his remarks at a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

Argentina's president Javier Milei faces midterms amid economic chaos and a $20 billion U.S. lifeline.

Abraham Lincoln had almost no military experience when he arrived at the White House in 1861. In Tried By War, author James McPherson explains how Lincoln defined the role of the American commander in chief as he led the country through the Civil War.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Adm. James Stavridis. He led the NATO Alliance in global operations (2009-2013) and is the former dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to David Wisdom of Birmingham, Alabama, about his thoughts on this past week's special election in Alabama, the GOP tax bill and President Trump's first year in office.

Joshua Dubois, the former head of President Obama's Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, has been sending daily inspirational missives to the president since Obama was a senator working on his first presidential campaign. Dubois speaks to host Rachel Martin about the almost-accidental way he got the job.