Senator Patrick Leahy wants to hear from current and former members of the Bush administration about their involvement in the firings of eight U.S. attorneys last winter; Congressman Peter Welch says the time has come for Congress to challenge President Bush over future funding of the Iraq war; The federal Department of Education wants to know why so many Vermont college students get loans from VSAC; Middlebury College is making a $9 million dollar gift to the town, aiding the building of a new bridge; Montpelier High School has been identified as the fifth best public high school in the country by U.S. News and World Report; and commentator Ron Krupp on winter Farmer’s Markets.