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Jacki checks in with three recent graduates who gave speeches at their graduations this year. Jamie Tsao from Oakland, California; Jason Prince from Boise, Idaho; and Riche ("RICH-ee") Holmes of Greenbelt, Maryland read exerpts of their speeches and talk about their vision of America as they graduate into adulthood.

NPR's Eric Weiner has something to say about the heat wave in India.

Following the emotional reunion of Air Force Captain Scott O"Grady with his squadron the Pentagon is investigating reports that U.S. Intelligence knew of the existence of surface to air missiles in the area, the day before O'Grady's plane was shot down... NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Jacki talks to Po Bronson, author of "The Bombadeers," a novel about stock market traders. He says that as the world of Wall Street is so claustrophobic he felt the need to write the novel in a small closet to recreate his work atmostphere.

Daniel speaks with Gavan Dawes, author of "Prisoners of the Japanese, POW's of World War two in the Pacific," about how the American military killed thousands of American soldiers in the Pacific by bombing Japanese ships which were holding American prisoners of war.

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Recently a commission in Germany reached agreement on a Holocaust Memorial that would be built in Berlin. But now, many of Germany's conservatives, including Chancelor Helmut Kohl, say they're not happy with the design. And that's an opinion echoed by Germany's small Jewish community. Deidre Berger reports on the controversy.

The Clinton administration is expected to establish formal diplomatic relations with Vietnam sometime over the next few weeks. Michael discusses the issue with author Neal Sheehan who has written about Vietnam since 1962, when he covered the war. Sheehan recently visited Hanoi to report on how the Vietnamese are handling the dilemma of thsse Americans still 'Missing in Action'.

NPR's John Greenberg reports that China today said it had formally arrested a Chinese-American human rights activist named Harry Wu. Wu has been charged with illegally obtaining state secrets and conducting criminal activities. If convicted, he could be executed. Wu has been held by the Chinese since June, when he tried to enter CHina from Kazakhstan.

Daniel Zwerdling talks to education researcher Gerald Bracey about the state of American education. Bracey feels, contrary to public opinion, that the education system is in fact doing very well. He says that the school system includes a more diverse group of students than it did 50 years ago and education standards compare very favourably with the rest of the industrialized world.