This program is 28 minutes long
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NOTE: TIME NUMERALS REPRESENT SECONDS INTO BROADCAST, NOT CLOCK TIME, SINCE TELECAST ORIGINATED IN WASHINGTON, DC
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Reaction of France to Iraq's entrance into their embassy in Kuwait to take French citizens and Iraq's opening up the border between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia reported. Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Bert Quint) Arrival in Iraq of videotaped message from President Bush that will be shown on Iraqi television featured. [Iraqi information minister Naji al-HADITHI - says we won't change any words in the speech and that Iraqi soldiers are ready to fight.] [On Iraqi TV, British citizen Peter AGNEW - comments.]
(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Amman: Tom Fenton) Issue of Arab solidarity featured; details given of Pan-Arab conference in Amman, Jordan, in support of Iraq and announcement by Egypt and Bahrain of restrictions on travel of Arabs supporting Iraq; scenes shown of exiled Palestinian leaders George Habash and Nayef Hawatmeh at Amman conference. [HAWATMEH, two DELEGATES - talk about war.] Groundswell of anti-Americanism in Arab nations reviewed.
(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Return home of first contingent of US reservists sent to the gulf reported; scenes shown of them being greeted by relatives upon return. Returning American hostages, including Thomas Ewald, who has asthma, shown.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Bonn: Bill Plante) West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl reported pledging financial aid to Secretary of State James Baker to help pay for military buildup in Persian Gulf; scenes shown from their meeting in Oggersheim, West Germany. [KOHL - (thru translator) says Germany will assume its responsibility.] German reluctance to send money reviewed. [BAKER - says Germany is doing more; adds that the whole world is responding to Iraq's aggression.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Tokyo: Bill Whitaker) Japan's military aid package for the Persian Gulf crisis examined; details given of criticism of Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu's timid leadership. [Political scientist Shin'ichi KITAOKA, Stanford University Japan Center Robert ORR - comment on Kaifu and crisis.] Japan's effort to define its role as a world power explained. [Foreign ministry spokesman Taizo WATANABE - says Japan has never done this kind of operation in postwar history.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Bob Simon) Arab forces stationed in Saudi Arabia featured; scenes shown of Saudi army in the desert. [SOLDIER - says he is ready to take on Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.] Inability of reporters to find troops from Morocco, Syria, Kuwait and Egypt who are supposed to be here, too, noted.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) New pledges of financial support for military buildup in Persian Gulf in an era of the new economics of war featured. [Representative David BONIOR - says costly burden must be shared.] [Representative Lee HAMILTON - comments on financial constraints and United States foreign policy.] United States need for financial aid from Japan explained. [Treasury Secretary Nicholas BRADY - says it shows world is aligned against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.] [Yesterday, President BUSH - thanks Japan.] [Japanese ambassador Ryohei MURATA, Germany embassy spokesman Henning HORSTMANN - comment on their countries' contributions.] [Center for Defense Information retired Admiral Eugene CARROLL - raises issue of American deaths if there is fighting.] Threat of a holy war against the West reviewed.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) President Bush reported signing bill to keep strategic oil reserve going. Report introduced.
(Raleigh, North Carolina: Bob McKeown) Impact of Persian Gulf crisis and resulting rise in oil prices on cost of operating school buses and thus the threat to education examined; scenes shown from Wake County, North Carolina. [Wake County transportation director Wyatt HARPER - says transportation system may be closed.] [WOMAN - comments.] [Driver Cynthia BROWN - talks about making less money as her route is cut back.] [North Carolina school superintendent Bob ETHERIDGE - comments.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Contract talks between General Motors Corporation and UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) and strike by Ford Motor Company workers in Canada reported.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) 100 million dollar lottery in Florida reported; scenes shown of people lining up to buy tickets.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jim Stewart) 50th anniversary of the Army selective service draft featured. [September 1940, President Franklin ROOSEVELT - makes speech and draws first number.] [Army recruiting command General Jack WHEELER - says we have produced a dynamite volunteer army.] Scenes shown from Vietnam war era and of current army in Saudi Arabia. [Former attorney general Ramsey CLARK - says choice is better than conscription.] [Brookings Institution Martin BIRKIN - talks about makeup of today's Army.]
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