Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Tuesday, Sep 11, 1990


Title: A Line in the Sand

Abstract:

An examination of events leading up to the current situation in the Persian Gulf region, and options available to the US, Iraq, and the other countries involved with Peter Jennings (ABC), US Customs Senior Agent Jack Kelley, excerpt of 1981 statement by Iraq President Saddam Hussein, Wisconsin Project Director Gary Milhollin, former Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Director Kenneth Adelman, Amnesty International USA Executive Director Jack Healey, former Pentagon offical Stephen Bryen, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Sadoun Hammadi, excerpts of George Bush statements and speeches, State Department Spokesperson Margaret Tutwiler, Assistant Secretary of State John Kelly, William Quandt of the Brookings Institution, Sen. Dennis DeConcini, State Department Spokesperson Richard Boucher, former Assistant Secretary of State Richard Murphy, excerpts of interview by Laurence with General Norman Schwarzkopf, Sergeant Clarence Wilson, Lieutenant General Walter Boomer, Lance Corporal Craig Anderson, Colonel Ronald Rokosz, Colonel John McBroom, Lance Corporal Vallard Campbell, Sergeant Michael Garback, PFC Christopher Bell, Spec 4 Bobby Haig, PFC James Woodcock, PFC Cory Kroll, and unidentified others.

Begin Time:09:30:00 pm
End Time:10:28:00 pm
TVN Record Number:646805
Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1990-2009 Vanderbilt University
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