This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(State Department: David Ensor) The background to President Clinton's decision to restore diplomatic relations with Vietnam featured. [May 29, CLINTON - says Vietnam has been cooperating on MIA/POW issues.] [Senator John McCAIN, Representative Newt GINGRICH - offer differing opinions on normalizing relations with Vietnam.] [State Department spokesman Nicholas BURNS - cites United States vital interests.] The political, diplomatic and business reasons for resuming relations with Vietnam reviewed.
#161349
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Ho Chi Minh City: Hilary Brown) The stories of Vietnamese "lost commandos," who were part of a secret team of US-paid commandos who were caught and convicted by the North Vietnamese of spying, featured; the recent declassification of a Pentagon paper on these covert missions by the United States military in Southeast Asia between 1961 and 1967 noted. The specific stories of three Vietnamese men cited as examples. [Former intelligence analyst Sedgwick TOURISON - criticizes the way the United States has handled of the lost commandos.] The US Immigration and Naturalization Services said preventing some of these lost commandos from emigrating to the US. [Former American officer David KRYSKOVICH - says Red Dragon team commandos should be admitted.] [INS Phyllis COVEN - promises to review the cases.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The Pentagon report on the downing of Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady over Bosnia previewed; scenes shown of the plane's debris.
#161353
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: George Strait) The new CDC (Centers for Disease Control) procedural guidelines for testing pregnant women for AIDS examined. [CDC (Centers for Disease Control) director Dr. David SATCHER, Representative Gary ACKERMAN, Association to Benefit Children Gretchen BUCHENHOLZ - outline views on how pregnant women and children with AIDS should be helped.]
#161354
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Ned Potter) The landing of the space shuttle Atlantis featured; scenes shown of the touchdown of the spacecraft that brought astronaut Norman Thagard and two cosmonauts back to Earth. [Shuttle commander Robert "Hoot" GIBSON, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) scientist Tom SULLIVAN - talk about the health of astronauts living in weightless space.] [Voices of President CLINTON, THAGARD - talk.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Charleston, SC: John Cochran) The campaign of Republican presidential candidate Senator Phil Gramm, which seems to have fallen behind that of rival Senator Bob Dole, featured; scenes shown from the campaign trail. [GRAMM - talks about himself and Dole.] ["The Standard" editor William KRISTOL - compares conservatives Gramm and fellow candidate Pat Buchanan.] Dole's attack in May on the entertainment industry recalled. [Family Research Council Gary BAUER - comments on Gramm's message.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Monthly unemployment figures cited. "Stock Market Report".
#161359
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Boris Becker shown winning match point against Andre Agassi at the Wimbledon tennis tournament.
#161362
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: John Donvan) Heavy rains and floods in China featured; scenes shown from along the swollen Yangtze River, where people and rescue workers fight the seasonal waters.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The latest incident in the war-torn Chechen capital reported; scenes shown from Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Steve and Terri Irwin, conservationists who fight to save the wildlife in Australia's outback, profiled; exciting scenes shown of the Irwins in crocodile habitats catching the animals with their bare hands. [IRWINS - talk about their efforts to relocate crocodiles.] The Irwins' backgrounds reviewed.
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