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Somalia / United States Role #595203

NBC Evening News for Friday, Sep 17, 1993
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.

(Pentagon: Ed Rabel) Confirmation that more United States troops are bound for Somalia featured; military scenes shown while the failure to capture warlord General Mohammed Farah Aidid is reviewed. Statements from visiting Italian Prime Minister Carlo Ciampi outlined. [President CLINTON, United Nations commander in Mogadishu retired Admiral Jonathan HOWE - comment on United States policy in Somalia.]

(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Findings of the NBC News/"Wall Street Journal" poll on United States involvement in Somalia outlined.

(Capitol: Lisa Myers) The debate in the Congress on the quagmire that is Somalia featured. [Senator John McCAIN, Representative Lee HAMILTON, Senators Robert BYRD, Hank BROWN - react to United States policy in Somalia.]

Reporter(s):
Brokaw, Tom;
Myers, Lisa;
Rabel, Ed
Duration:
00:04:00

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