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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the eve of his inauguration to discuss corruption. Gwen Ifill reports.

Gwen Ifill speaks with Afghanistan experts about the government's corruption and what that could mean for U.S. war strategy there.

From the first U.S. presidential visit to China by Richard Nixon to President Barack Obama's current trip, each president has weighed foreign policy priorities when dealing with the communist nation. Historian Richard Norton Smith describes the balancing act U.S. presidents have played over the years.

Talks between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao yielded a promise of slowing down climate change and nuclear proliferation, but fell short of making progress on human rights. Kwame Holman reports.

In other news, the U.S. Department of Energy reported that global carbon dioxide emissions rose 2 percent in 2008, and Iran sentenced five people to death for inciting June's mass protests.

Jim Lehrer speaks with a human rights activist and a China expert about the state of the struggle for human rights in China.

The vice chair of a government health panel that released controversial new recommendations for mammograms says the study's findings have been "misinterpreted" and apologized for a "lack of clarity."

John Merrow of Learning Matters revisits the Washington, D.C., public school system, which is struggling with budgetary constraints and teacher layoffs amid reform efforts.

A new report found that almost 15 percent of U.S. households had trouble finding enough food in 2008. Jeffrey Brown speaks with experts for more.

In other news, the U.N. nuclear agency reported that Iran plans to open a uranium enrichment plant by 2011, and the head of French forces in Afghanistan narrowly escaped a rocket attack in Kabul.

GlobalPost correspondent Josh Shin gets reactions from Beijing residents about President Obama's three-day trip to China.

Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW-Chicago looks at the economic benefits and the environmental costs of oil production in Canada's Alberta province.

Jeffrey Brown talks to author Robert M. Edsel about his new book "The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History."

Ever aspiring to be concientious broadcasters, we eschew the political landscape for the moment (sort of) and take some time to generally goof-off. And it felt good. Very good...

Today, Artie is back from rehab (finally). After a little witty banter, we discuss my shameless show promotion attempt on NLO, TWISR looks at how one man in a Burger King puts down "The Man." Then, John looses control of his spleen. But it's all good preparation for our erstwhile discussion of the top seven mayorial candidates: Ron Couhig, Virginia Boulet, Ron Forman, Tom Watson, Mich Landrieu, Peggy WIlson and good old crazy Sea-Ray Nagin! Who is on top of their game? Listen to find out. Cry at the polls later. .