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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Reports introduced.
(White House: John Cochran) President Bush's recent decisions and upcoming speech on nuclear weapons featured. [BUSH - says new world we've entered means changes in our national security strategy.] [In July, BUSH - comments.] Results given of NBC News/"Wall Street Journal" poll on defense spending and likelihood of major war. Bush's irritation with the stalled economy mentioned.
(Pentagon: Fred Francis) Bush's plans to reduce multiple warhead missiles featured; scenes shown of various missiles. [Defense strategist Harlan ULLMAN - says this is the time to reduce nuclear forces.] Location of Soviet nuclear weapons mapped on screen. [Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman General Colin POWELL - comments.] Probable US reduction in sea launch cruise missiles and short-range nuclear arsenal in Europe; Bush's support of B-2 bomber noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Amman, Jordan: Tom Aspell) Iraqi release of United Nations inspectors featured; scenes shown of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in Kirkuk, Iraq, Thursday. Iraq's desire that a senior United Nations official fly to Iraq to talk noted. United States warships such as missile cruiser USS Arkansas said on standby in the Gulf to force the Iraqis to comply with resolutions of the cease- fire. [US Navy Captain John LYONS - comments.] Upcoming destruction of Iraq's supergun by United Nations ballistics team mentioned; photos shown. [UN inspection team Doug ENGLUND - comments on use of helicopters in inspections.] UN-Iraqi negotiations of operational details in the location and destruction of Iraqi weapons noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Brian Ross) Tonight's "Expos‚" program featuring BCCI scandal previewed; scenes shown of Ghaith Pharaon, the fake billionaire created by corrupt bankers of BCCI. Pharaon's activities in Georgia leading up to his involvement in BCCI noted. Atlanta federal grand jury investigation of Pharaon and BCCI of bribery of Georgia legislature in bank takeover scheme; possible purchase of lavish Florida trip for speaker of the assembly Thomas Murphy mentioned. [MURPHY - comments.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Commerce Department statistics on personal income and consumer spending for the month reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry's resentencing for cocaine possession reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Andrea Mitchell) Senate Judiciary Committee's split decision vote on Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas' confirmation featured; scenes shown. Thomas' opponents' desire to delay, if not prevent, his confirmation noted. [Senator Alan SIMPSON - comments.] [At September 11 confirmation hearing, THOMAS - declines giving opinion on Roe versus Wade case.] [Senators Edward KENNEDY, Orrin HATCH, Howard METZENBAUM - comment.] Likelihood of Thomas' confirmation at upcoming Senate vote noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Milwaukee, WI, fire department rescue of window washers on fallen scaffold reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Iraq's military forces not destroyed in the Gulf war featured. [March 6, 1991, President BUSH - says Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's ability to threaten mass destruction is destroyed.] Survival of significant part of Hussein's war machine after the Gulf war noted. [January 20, 1991, United States commander General H. Norman SCHWARZKOPF - comments on destruction of Hussein's forces.] Videotape shown of destruction of Iraqi targets. Failure to detect and destroy Iraqi nuclear facilities and Scud missiles during the war noted. Iraq's number of Scud missiles estimated on screen. [February 27, 1991, SCHWARZKOPF - comments.] Northern Iraqi army units said untouched by Gulf war. [Four PEOPLE - comment in favor of doing whatever is necessary to remove Iraqi threat.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Discussion held with retired Lieutenant General Thomas Kelly and Greenpeace Bill Arkin about how the United States should deal with Hussein. [KELLY - says we achieved objective in Gulf war; that we have to keep watching Iraq; adds that he doesn't think we'll have to have another military strike.] [ARKIN - says we shouldn't go back into Iraq; adds that the Bush administration goal is to get rid of Hussein.] [KELLY - says Hussein does not dominate United States thinking.] [ARKIN - says there were a lot of competing missions in Iraq; reiterates Bush objective to oust Hussein.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Discussion held with Representative Dave McCurdy on whether his constituents want the United States to get rid of Hussein. [McCURDY - talks about Iraq and Hussein and US; adds that the United States needs to maintain a leadership role.]
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