Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Thursday, Jan 24, 1991

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Title: Nightline Abstract: Live discussion re: current Persian Gulf war situation, including questions about objectives of US/coalition forces in the Persian Gulf war and the issue of Arabs support for the war with Ted Koppel (ABC), Rep. Lee Hamilton, Rep. Newt Gingrich, columnist/commentator Pat Buchanan, Egyptian opposition party member Mohamed Sid-Ahmed, and "Los Angeles Times" correspondent David Lamb. Taped short wave radio conversation between Forrest Sawyer (ABC) and unidentified Kuwaiti inside Kuwait. Taped segment with Jeff Greenfield (ABC), Major General Martin Brandtner, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell, Defense Secretary Richard Cheney, VP Dan Quayle, excerpt of speech today by George Bush, Hamilton, and State Department Spokesperson Margaret Tutwiler. Taped segment with Don Kladstrup (ABC), Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, former Egyptian Ambassador to the UN Tahseen Basheer, Rifa'at El-Said of Egypt's Progressive Unionist Party, Said al-Mellah of Egypt's "El-Sha'ab" newspaper, and unidentified others. Taped segment re: stories not being covered by the news media as they might be if not for the Persian Gulf war with James Walker (ABC) and Irwin Kellner of Manufacturers Hanover. Begin Time: 10:30:00 pm End Time: 11:16:00 pm TVN Record Number: 646840 Copyright: Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University More Information: Contact the staff of the Archive.

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