9/11 panel will hear Clinton, Bush aides:

"Senior officials of the Bush and Clinton administrations will testify this week before the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and they will be asked to explain their decisions on terrorist threats and 'how they handled the most pressing security threat to our country,' the panel said Tuesday.

The witness list for Tuesday and Wednesday includes George Tenet, director of central intelligence in both administrations; Secretary of State Colin Powell and his predecessor, Madeleine Albright; Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his predecessor, William Cohen; and President Bill Clinton's national security adviser, Sandy Berger.

The list is notable for the absence of Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's national security adviser, who has refused an invitation from the commission to testify in public."