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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney reported firing Air Force Chief of Staff Michael Dugan due to remarks that US would bomb Baghdad, Iraq and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein; remarks quoted on screen; ban against assassinations noted; Israel mentioned. [CHENEY - comments on what we never discuss.] Dugan's response quoted.
(Studio: Dan Rather) President Bush's response to Dugan's firing quoted. Report introduced.
(White House: Lesley Stahl) Bush reported holding press conference to address rumors of embargo-busting deal between Iran and Iraq. [BUSH - comments on Iran's assurances and Ayatollah Mohammed Ali Khamenei's call for holy war; talks about government-orchestrated demonstrations against his Iraqi television message; comments on past United States policy towards Iraq.] Allegations that administration encouraged Iraqi invasion of Kuwait examined; State Department official's July 31 testimony that United States would not aid Kuwait noted.
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced. ......
(Baghdad: Bert Quint) Baghdad reaction to Bush's message reported; excerpts shown; Iraqi television commentary quoted; scenes shown from demonstration following broadcast; Hussein's broad support examined. [IRAQI - talks about Hussein.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Saddam Hussein's Arab supporters, meeting in Jordan, reported warning of terrorism if United States launches attack on Iraq; scenes shown. Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Bob Simon) Iraq reported opening Kuwaiti border with Saudi Arabia this weekend as a trap in order to round up hundreds of young Kuwaiti men; scenes shown of "Rolex refugees" in Khafji, Saudi Arabia. [Two WOMEN, MAN - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Barry Petersen) President Mikhail Gorbachev reported calling for referendum on private ownership of land; scenes shown from parliament; details given of economy. [Economic plan architect Stanislav SHATALIN - (thru translator) says he doesn't question the coach.] Bolshevik Revolution recalled. [Gorbachev economic adviser Nikolai PETRAKOV - (thru translator) comments on incentive to work.] [Harriman Institution Marshall SHULMAN - talks about fear of anarchy.]
(Yaroslavl, USSR : Peter Van Sant) State of emergency declared in Yaroslavl, USSR , to get wheat crop harvested featured; reasons for waste detailed. [Two WOMEN, farmer Yuri NESOV - (thru translator) comment on worker shortage.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Gorbachev's reunion with former President Ronald Reagan reported; scenes shown from Moscow; Reagan quoted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Lech Walesa, anxious to speed reforms, reported challenging former Solidarity ally Polish Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki in presidential election.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Florida: Bruce Hall) New fuel leak reported grounding space shuttle Columbia and its astronomy mission; summer's NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) failures reviewed; October European science mission launch noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Third day of Senate confirmation hearings for President Bush's Supreme Court nominee David Souter examined; answers to questions on death penalty, but not abortion, noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Federal prosecutors reported announcing they will not seek retrial of Washington, DC, Mayor Marion Barry on drug and perjury charges; sentencing next month for misdemeanor charge noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Fire aboard gasoline tanker which exploded in Saginaw River near Bay City, Michigan, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) New York Mercantile Exchange bench mark crude oil price cited. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Dan Rather) President Bush quoted regarding United States support of military buildup in Persian Gulf region. Report introduced.
(Dallas: Bruce Morton) Changing United States opinion of war featured; scenes shown from movie "Patton"; historical scenes shown from World War II. [Most-decorated United States soldier of World War II Matt URBAN, Korean War veteran Bill MORRIS, wounded Vietnam war veteran and Georgia secretary of state Max CLELAND - comment on war.] ["Dallas Times Herald" Molly IVINS, three PEOPLE, SOLDIER - comment on a Persian Gulf war.]
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