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Host Bob Edwards talks with Richard Neustad author of Preparing to be President, about what steps President Elect Bush should take to ensure his transition to power is a smooth one. Neustadt's advice: America's 43rd President should begin gathering his full staff now, not just his cabinet members.

Host Renee Montagne talks with Bonnie Angelo, author of the new book First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents. Angelo writes about the last 12 mothers of presidents and says they all have some interesting personality traits in common.

Billy Bob and the Bi-Partisan Band offer a song titled All We Want for Christmas is a President.

From Lima, Jon Miller reports that Peru's congress is debating whether to accept the resignation of President Alberto Fujimori, or to formally oust him on the grounds of moral incapacity. Whichever way the vote goes, it has become clear that a moderate opposition leader will be the transitional president, until new presidential elections are held next Spring.

Commentator Walter Shapiro says he thinks President George W. Bush must be the most efficient man alive.

President Clinton has been busy. Yesterday Mr. Clinton announced a sweeping new rule banning logging and drilling in some 60 million acres of national forests. NPR's Brian Naylor reports the action demonstrates how much an outgoing president can accomplish in his waning days.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Cokie Roberts and Wayne Slater of the Dallas Morning News about what's next for President Bush.

NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg begins a weekly series this month about presidents leaving the White House. Today, she talks with historian Richard Norton Smith about the experiences of a number of ex-presidents including, George Washington who's desire for a quiet life at Mt. Vernon was thwarted by visitors from all over the world.

Last week, Brown University named a new president, the first African American woman to lead an Ivy League University. NPR's education correspondent Claudio Sanchez has a profile.

NPR's Daniel Schorr, senior news analyst, talks about how a recent poll shows that the conflict in Iraqi and the raising gas prices are contributing to President Bush's falling image with the public.