Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Thursday, Sep 12, 1991


Title: A Line in the Sand: What Did America Win?

Abstract:

  • An examination of the Persian Gulf region in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf war with Peter Jennings (ABC), including:
  • Taped segments with Jennings, Natalie Goldring of the Defense Budget Project, arms sales expert Andrew Pierre, Middle East arms expert Geoffrey Kemp, George Bush, excerpt of 11/90 interview with Saddam Hussein, Janne Nolan of the Brookings Institution, and unidentified others.
  • Taped segment with Sheila MacVicar (ABC), excerpt of 1/31/90 George Bush speech, Middle East analyst George Joffe, Kuwaiti businesswoman Wafah al-Rashid, newspaper editor Mohammed al-Sager, Kuwait Deputy Prime Minister Sheik Salaam al-Sabah, and US Ambassador to Kuwait Edward Gnehm.
  • Taped segment with John Laurence (ABC), Rabbi David Hartman, Knesset member Elyakim Haetzni, Israeli Housing Minister Ariel Sharon, Palestinian activists Faisal Husseini amd Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi, and author Meron Benveniste, and unidentified others.

  • Begin Time:07:00:00 pm
    End Time:07:58:00 pm
    TVN Record Number:647085
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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