Let's Warm Up With Some Softball, Er, Baseball Questions . . .

Judy Collins CDs went missing from Voice of America's library. (By Robert E. Klein -- Associated Press)

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"Oh."

"I mean, a line drive right in the face."

"Oh, my goodness."

"And we had a tough year. He broke his leg and he got hit with a baseball so -- but I'll bring a glove and protect you."

"Yeah, you have to protect me, Sean. I hope you can catch." (Laughter.)

"No, I can. I'm actually -- I'm a pretty good ballplayer. But anyway, welcome back to the program."

"Thank you."

"We've got Day Seven now of this hostage situation, our allies, our friends the Brits, these sailors and marines that have been taken hostage; your initial thoughts on this?"

"Well, they need to be released."

Then they chatted about Iran and Iraq and such.

But a Yankees fan? Who knew? See? The new approach clearly works.

And Now the Hardballs . . .

Speaking of Rice, Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has been trying to get her to answer questions about the administration's bogus claims that Iraq wanted to buy uranium from Niger, how it handled classified information and hired a guy under federal criminal investigation, and other matters.

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