Just in from the White House:

"At 8 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 22nd, the President will address the nation from the White House to lay out his plan for implementing his strategy — first unveiled in December 2009 — to draw down American troops from Afghanistan."

This refers to, as we wrote earlier, to the announcement about the pace and scope of the troop withdrawal.

Fitch Ratings sent a warning to the U.S. today. It said if the country does not raise its debt ceiling, or the amount of money the country is allowed to borrow, by August 2, the credit agency would make changes to its triple-A credit rating.

The Wall Street Journal reports:

The housing market has been in bad shape for five years now and there are many indications that things aren't going to get better anytime soon.

Some market observers argue that things could get worse, due to a major demographic shift underway.

The oldest of the baby boomers — the generation of 78 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964 — have already turned 65. As the generation continues to age, some warn that there won't be enough Americans around of working age to buy all their houses.

Belgium's Scala and musical directors Steven and Stejn Kolacny have proven that often, the best way to subvert a pop song is to have sweet-voiced teenage girls sing it en masse.

The number of foreign born students studying English at Eastern Kentucky University has grown steadily over the past decade.  The program is nearly back to pre-nine-eleven levels

Right after she graduated from high school in 2001, Jess Goodell enlisted in the Marine Corps as a mechanic. She was stationed in Okinawa, Japan — but she wanted to go to Iraq. "I felt a pressure both from my peers and from within that in order to be a real marine, I needed to go to Iraq," Goodell tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross.

Syria Update

This season, many students are putting the traditional summer internships on their agendas. Many see internships as an opportunity to get a foot in the door and to jumpstart careers. But recently, there has been much criticism that this training time might be exploitive. Host Michel Martin speaks with career expert and author Lindsey Pollack about what to look out for when selecting an internship and how to make the most of the experience.

As part of LGBT Pride month, Tell Me More's guests and friends who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender are sharing stories of coming out to those closest to them. Today's installment is from Mary Buckheit, a journalist from San Diego.

In this week's parenting conversation, host Michel Martin looks at the debate over the growing number of doctors — mostly women — who work part-time or stop practicing medicine after earning their degrees. Martin speaks with Dr. Karen Sibert, an anesthesiologist and a mom, who recently wrote an op-ed arguing that doctors should prioritize medicine once they have their degrees; Dr. Michelle Au, author of This Won't Hurt a Bit (And Other White Lies): My Education in Medicine and Motherhood; Medical journalist Dr. Randi Hutter Epstein; and Dr.