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The US Senate may soon be debating what to do with the national presidential primary system.

Two Senators call the current primary system flawed and have proposed a way to reform it.

NHPR Correspondent Matt Laslo reports from Washington.

Today is Friday, the day we usually check in with the men and women serving in Iraq with the New Hampshire National Guard.

The soldiers of the 36-43rd Company has been in Iraq since last fall guarding a detention center at Camp Victory in Baghdad.

Some of the soldiers are guards, some are medics, some are mechanics.

Specialist Jennifer Peryer has a different kind of job. It's part security, but it's also part public relations.

She spoke with NHPR's Mark Bevis.

This year's energy bill has been getting a lot of attention lately in the halls of the United States Congress- not just by legislators, but also by lobbyists and environmentalists. Among other things, the bill looks to increase taxes on oil companies and also promote renewable energy programs, efficiency and energy conservation. Today on The Exchange, we take a closer look at two alternative energy sources- solar and wind, their pluses and minuses, how they stack up against each other...and what role they play in the larger renewable energy portfolio.

Guests

• Janet L. Sawin, Director of the Energy and Climate Change Program and Senior Researcher at the Worldwatch Institute in D.C.
• Tim Weis, Senior Technical and Policy Advisor and Senior Member of the Sustainable Communities Group at the Pembina Institute in Canada, where he works on wind power.
• Rhone Resch, President of the Solar Energy Industries Association, a national trade group promoting solar technologies in the global marketplace.

We'll Also Hear From

• Ed Cherian, Project Manager for Iberdrola Renewable Energies USA. He's working with the wind energy project in Lempster, NH.
• Bob Schoenberger, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer for Unitil Corporation, a public utility company in New Hampshire.