Special News Broadcast recorded from NBC Evening News for Friday, Feb 15, 1991

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Title: Gulf War Coverage -- NBC -- 02/15/1991 -- Friday Abstract: 3rd hour: Reporters: Bryant Gumbel / Jim Miklaszewski / John Dancy / Katherine Couric / George Lewis / Mike Jensen / Martin Fletcher Contributions: Edward Peck / Gary Sick Interviews: Rami Khouri / Jordan's ambassador to the US, Hussein Hammami / Sen. William Cohen Military Briefings: Brig. General Richard I. Neal (live from Riyadh), re: US military tactics/goals following Iraq's withdrawal offer and updates on war events. (9:32-9:40) Coverage on "Today" re: the Persian Gulf war, including discussion of Pres. George Bush's statements regarding, possible motivation behind, and response by the US, the USSR, and other countries to Iraq's withdrawal offer. 4th hour: Reporters: Bryant Gumbel / Deborah Norville / John Dancy / Jim Miklaszewski / Katherine Couric / George Lewis / Martin Fletcher / Lisa Myers / Bob Abernethy Contributions: Col. Harry Summers / Edward Peck / Gary Sick Interviews: Roger Fisher / Iranian ambassador to the UN, Dr. Kamal Kharrazi Statement/press conference: Iraqi ambassador to France, Abdul Razak al-Hashimi (taped earlier) re: Iraqi withdrawal offer (10:10-10:14) Taped Segments: post-war problems in the Middle East Coverage on "Today" re: the Persian Gulf war, including continued discussion of Iraq's offer to withdraw from Kuwait, the possible motivation behind it, and response by the US, the USSR, and other countries. Begin Time: 09:00:00 am End Time: 11:00:00 am TVN Record Number: 660735 Copyright: Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University More Information: Contact the staff of the Archive.

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