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President Bush is set to propose a plan to use thousands of National Guard troops to bolster security along the U.S.-Mexico border. The president is expected to announce the widely reported plan during a national TV address from the Oval Office tonight.

NPR's Scott Simon talks about the president's diagnosis following months of his dismissing the growing, devastating pandemic.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize this week. He's the third president so honored. We listen to several interviews in which Carter talks about his work as a mediator, his life in the White House and his spiritual life.

When Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was an infant, her family was told she would become a great woman. But assuring words, unfortunately, were not enough to shield Africa's first woman president from a life of hardship, which included an abusive marriage.

A letter from Iran's president to President Bush overshadows Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's meetings in New York with senior diplomats from France, Britain, Germany, Russia and China. Rice dismissed the letter as a diversionary tactic.

While stories of "rogue electors" have been swirling, there’s no evidence to suggest Monday's votes will result in anything other than a Trump presidency.

The state of the U.S. economy has emerged as the single most important issue among U.S. voters, and the level of job growth in the coming months could help determine whether President Bush is re-elected. But economists disagree over how much influence presidents really have over the economy. Hear NPR's Scott Horsley.

President Bush wins his second term in the White House as Sen. Kerry concedes the race. Both candidates set new records for the number of votes received in a presidential election, leading to quetsions of a mandate for President Bush. Hear NPR's Ken Rudin and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

University of Oregon President Michael Schill has been with the university since 2015.

WOU President Rex Fuller said Thursday that he will retire next September, following the end of his current contract.