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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Review given of day's events in Persian Gulf region.
(State Department: Deborah Potter) Journey of dependents of American diplomats out of United States embassy in Kuwait, while a skeleton crew of diplomats remain there surrounded by Iraqis, featured. [On "Face the Nation", Undersecretary of State for political affairs Robert KIMMITT - says remaining diplomats have only auxiliary power in the embassy.] [On "CNN Newsmaker Sunday", Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States Sheik Saud Nasir al-SABAH - says Iraqis are going from home to home in Kuwait looking for foreign nationals.]
(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Kennebunkport: Wyatt Andrews) Reaction of President Bush's administration to events featured; scenes shown of Bush playing golf on his continuing vacation schedule. [National Security Adviser Brent SCOWCROFT - says we are willing to talk after Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has withdrawn from Kuwait and released foreigners.] United Nations decision to allow use of force in enforcing embargo against Iraq recalled; scenes shown of ships in Persian Gulf. [On "Meet the Press", Assistant Secretary of State John KELLY - talks about effectiveness of blockade.] [Iraqi foreign minister Tariq AZIZ - says blockade might lead to starvation.] Bush's strategy of keeping pressure on Hussein and waiting outlined.
(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Statement from Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze that USSR ships won't use force to interdict vessels during blockade reported. Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) Effectiveness of embargo reported keeping need for interdiction of ships from happening; details given of United States Navy surveillance of ships in and around Persian Gulf.
(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Commander of United States Persian Gulf forces, General Norman Schwarzkopf, reported transferring his headquarters to Saudi Arabia.
(Saudi Arabia: Bob Simon) Arrival of United States military equipment and personnel in area featured; scenes shown of United States troops being deployed in Saudi Arabia and from inside AWACs plane used for surveillance. [Major General William PAGONIS - comments on United States forces.] [Two radar MEN - comment.] Saudi contingent in Arab multinational force shown. [ARAB - says this is our land to protect.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Alexandria: Dan Rather) First television interview with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who is frustrated with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's intransigence, featured; scenes shown from one of Mubarak's summer places in Alexandria, Egypt. [MUBARAK - says it will be hard for Hussein to withdraw from Kuwait and that it is a dangerous situation with all the forces gathered in the region; talks about what President Bush might do, about Hussein's television appearance with hostages, about the Palestinian problem, about PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat's declining credibility; says Hussein may "compromise."]
(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Further coverage of Mubarak interview on "60 Minutes" noted.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Sudden new business for defense companies due to military buildup in the Middle East examined; details given of company that is sole supplier of nerve gas antidotes. [Survival Technology, Incorporated, James MILLER, J. Frank HARMON - comment.] [Defense analyst Lawrence KORB - says this shows a defense industry is needed after the cold war.] Continued funding of B-1 Stealth bomber due to Iraqi invasion noted. [Kidder, Peabody defense analyst Michael LAUER - comments on defense industry.] Likely intensification of debate about where to spend defense dollars noted. [KORB - comments.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Meeting of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) to discuss raising oil production quotas to offset embargo on Iraqi and Kuwait oil reported; scenes shown from Vienna, Austria; details given of split between OPEC members.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) AAA report of jump in gasoline prices since Iraq invaded Kuwait noted.
(Detroit: James Hattori) Impact of crisis in Middle East on what environmentalists call the "stalled drive for increased fuel efficiency" examined. [Worldwatch Institution Christopher FLAVIN - says progress is not being made and that improving fuel economy would decrease United States oil dependency.] [GM's Richard KIMISCH - says consumers are not concerned with fuel economy.] [Auto analyst David COLE - comments.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Hurricane Gustav reported threatening the Caribbean Sea area.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Anti-Communist protest in Sofia, Bulgaria, reported.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Savannah: Gary Reaves) Seventieth anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote featured; scenes shown. [National Woman's Party Karline TIERNEY - says women's issues are now mainstream.] [National Federation of Republican Women Huda JONES - discusses the swing vote of women.] The female swing voter examined. [Hospital worker Linda COMBS - backs capital punishment, criticizes politicians.] [Democratic consultant Celinda LAKE - comments.]
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