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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld discusses Thursday's parliamentary elections in Iraq, the war and the eventual withdrawal of U.S. troops. He says much hard work lies ahead for Iraqis to build their own government and security forces.

President Bush says he approved domestic spying on people with suspected terrorist links without court warrants because it was "a necessary part of my job to protect" Americans from attack. At a press briefing, he said he would continue the program as long as the country faced terrorist threats.

The investigation of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff has taken many twists and turns. As investigators gauge the extent of Abramoff's influence with lawmakers of both parties, an associate of Abramoff's has pled guilty to conspiracy. Reporter Philip Shenon has been covering the case for The New York Times.

The four members of Winterpills deliver melodies that draw on influences as diverse (and yet harmonious) as the Beatles, the Carter Family, Elliott Smith and Neil Young. Members of the group talk with Liane Hansen about their eponymous debut CD on Signature Sounds.

Film critic Joe Barber tells Scott Simon about holiday fare from Steven Spielberg: Memoirs of a Geisha, which he produced, and Munich, which he directed.

One of the most popular items in the National Archives is a 1970 photo of Elvis Presley and President Nixon. It all started with a letter Elvis wrote to Nixon, requesting a meeting.

Hilcorp told Railbelt utilities it may not meet their natural gas needs after the current contract cycle ends.

Robert Siegel discusses President Bush's speech outlining a strategy in the war in Iraq with Reuel Marc Gerecht, contributing editor for the Weekly Standard, Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, former Middle Eastern specialist for the Central Intelligence Agency from 1985 to 1994 and author of The Islamic Paradox: Shiite Clerics, Sunni Fundamentalists, and the Coming of Arab Democracy, and George Packer, staff writer at the New Yorker magazine and author of The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Bob Riedel from Dansville, N.Y. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WXXI in Rochester.)

Three weeks after Katrina, the Army Corps of Engineers says the levees in and around New Orleans are nowhere near being fully repaired. And the system won't be back to its pre-Katrina strength for some time.