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CNN Evening News for Friday, Jun 24, 2005
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.

(Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre) The deadliest day in Iraq for women in combat reviewed; scenes shown from the site of the car bombing; details given about why women are in the line of fire in a war without clear front lines; statistics on women killed in hostile fire in various 20th century wars cited. [US Navy nurse Lt. Sharon BATTISTE†, Silver Star recipient Sgt. Leigh Ann HESTER†- comment on the job.]

Reporter(s):: Brown, Aaron;; McIntyre, Jamie
Duration:: 00:03:00

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