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Special News Broadcast recorded from CNN Evening News for Thursday, Feb 21, 1991


Title: Gulf War Coverage -- CNN -- 02/21/1991 -- Thursday

Abstract:

  • Reporters: Don Miller / Rick Moore / Deborah Marchini / Steve Young / Mary Tillotson / Charles Jaco / Brian Jenkins / Gene Randall / Steve Young
  • Contributions: Peter Allen
  • Taped Segments: British troops engage in fight / Iraqi Scud missile attacks on Israel / Persian Gulf oil spills / George Bush conditions for Soviet peace plan / excerpt of statement by Walter Cronkite / Stuart Varney / Deborah Marchini
  • Coverage re: Persian Gulf War, including Soviet peace plan, George Bush conditions for Soviet peace plan, terrorism, Persian Gulf oil spills, possibility of chemical weapons, M-1 Tank, censoring of media coverage of the war
  • Coverage on "Business Day" re: Iraqi night vision equipment, British government reconstructuring contracts, air freight industry.

  • Begin Time:06:00:00 am
    End Time:06:58:00 am
    TVN Record Number:660901
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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