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Steve Inskeep discusses proposals to reform Congressional lobbying with Ken Gross, a lawyer in Washington with the firm Skadden Arps. Gross says that more than any reforms, the Jack Abramoff corruption scandal has had a chilling effect on his corporate clients.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed that his country would continue to develop nuclear technology. From Tehran, reporter Roxanna Saberi discusses the day's developments with Jacki Lyden.

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was sworn in as Liberia's first elected female president Monday. The 67-year-old Harvard-trained economist beat soccer star George Weah in November's run-off election. Laura Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice attended the inauguration in Monrovia.

The Federal Aviation Administration has begun the first installation of its latest runway safety system, designed to prevent collisions on the ground. The FAA hopes to install the system at 34 major airports between now and 2011. Critics say the system is overdue and undersized.

President Bush has asked Americans to cut back on fuel usage as oil companies and refineries in the hurricane-affected Gulf Coast region work to resume production at facilities.

In the second of a two-part series, we hear about arguments for an American withdrawal from Iraq.

Last week, high school freshman Jackie Kantor and her younger sister Melissa had an idea: they wanted to give displaced children new backpacks. More than 2,000 backpacks have been collected for kids who lost all their other possessions in Hurricane Katrina.

The body of Chief Justice William Rehnquist is lying in repose at the Supreme Court, where the public has been allowed to visit. The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin confirmation hearings for Rehnquist's proposed successor, John Roberts, next Monday.

More than 5,000 U.S. and Iraqi soldiers launch operations against Tal Afar, considered to be a logistical hub for insurgents across Iraq. Some 200 suspects have been arrested outside the city. Melissa Block talks to The Washington Post's Jonathan Finer.

Hundreds of people are still being plucked daily from the roofs of their homes or other buildings in New Orleans as the Coast Guard and U.S. military conduct the largest airlift operation in the nation's history. But some residents are defying calls to leave the city.