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CIA Director George Tenet resigns, effective in July. The move, announced by President Bush on the White House's South Lawn, comes after Tenet faced harsh criticism over intelligence failures related to Iraq and the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The president praised Tenet's leadership and work in seven years at the CIA. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

Now that the Coalition Provisional Authority has pulled out, the U.S. Army is taking over the Iraq reconstruction program. As the CPA staffers are snapping the luggage on the way out the door, the knives are out from the military. The culture clash between these two organizations was vast and there has been grumbling since the beginning, but now that this "era" is almost over, military guys are sticking in a dusty boot and giving the CPA a kick on the way out the door. NPR's Deborah Amos reports.

As George Tenet prepares to leave his post as CIA director, critics call for reforms that would give the position greater direct oversight over all U.S. intelligence agencies, including the FBI. FBI Director Robert Mueller is also resisting a reform initiative that would create a domestic spying agency. Hear NPR's Larry Abramson.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with veteran journalist Richard Ben Cramer about his new book How Israel Lost: The Four Questions.

U.N. troops open fire on mobs of protesters in Congo's capital, Kinshasa, killing at least two people. The conflict stems from anger over the rebel capture of Bukavu, an eastern border city. Crowds took to the streets, accusing the United Nations of allowing the takeover. Rioters also burned buildings and attacked U.N. and other aid compounds across the country. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.

NATO leaders meeting in Turkey agree to use NATO forces to train the military, security and police forces of the new Iraqi interim government. NATO's involvement in Iraq will remain limited, and no NATO troops are scheduled to be deployed there. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR's Don Gonyea.

Many Kurds distrust the Arab-dominated interim government now in charge of Iraq and feel betrayed by a lack of guarantees over the future of their autonomy. Although most Kurds would prefer independence, Kurdish leaders are seeking a compromise that would allow Kurdistan to be part of an Iraqi federation. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson.

Rights groups are afraid that reversing Roe v. Wade could have consequences for same-sex marriage, access to contraception, and transgender rights. And now they're mobilizing.

NPR's Tavis Smiley speaks with Jack Spencer, senior national security policy analyst with the Heritage Foundation, and Iraq scholar and author Phebe Marr, about the early transfer of power to the Iraq interim government -- why it happened ahead of schedule, and what the transfer means for the future of Iraq.

President Bush joins world leaders to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day. Bush began his remarks at the American war cemetery in France by noting the death of Ronald Reagan, calling the former president "a courageous man himself." French President Jacques Chirac said, "France will never forget what it owes America, its steadfast friend and ally." Hear NPR's NPR's Don Gonyea.