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DECEMBER
December 12, 2000
Osprey
Grounded
Ray Suarez and two experts discuss the Marine Corps' decision to
ground the Osprey aircraft.
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OCTOBER
October 25, 2000
USS
Cole Update
Terence Smith provides an update on the investigation into the
Oct. 12 attack on the USS Cole. |
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October 19, 2000
Dangerous
Neighborhood
Ray Suarez leads a discussion on the investigation of the attack
on the USS Cole |
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October 13, 2000
Newsmaker: Cohen and Clark
Jim Lehrer interviews Secretary of Defense William Cohen and Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Vern Clark about Thursday's attack on the USS Cole. |
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October 12, 2000
USS
Cole Attacked
Gwen Ifill discusses the attack on the U.S. Navy destroyer.
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SEPTEMBER
September 27, 2000
Military
Readiness
Kwame Holman reports on the congressional hearings on the state
of the military. |
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September 25, 2000
Military
Endorsements
Should former high ranking military officers endorse a presidential
candidate? Gwen Ifill leads a discussion with two former military generals.
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September 14, 2000
Military
Readiness
After a background
report, Margaret Warner leads a discussion on the state of America's armed
forces.
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September 1, 2000
Forum: Military Readiness
Is the U.S. military properly prepared to provide for the national defense? Gore defense advisior Gordon Adams, retired U.S. Army Col. David Hackworth, former Defense Dept. official Lawrence Korb and former Asst. Secretary of Defense Stephen Hadley -- now a defense advisor to George W. Bush -- respond to your questions. |
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AUGUST
August
24, 2000
Building a Defense
In the
second of a two-part series, Jeffrey Kaye of KCET, Los Angeles, looks at the politics
behind building a national missile defense system. |
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August 23, 2000
Submarine Catastrophe
A report on Russia's
day of mourning for the 118 sailors who died aboard the Kursk. |
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August 21,
2000
The Kursk
A panel discusses
the sinking, and the implications for the Russian military. |
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August 16, 2000
Sunken Submarine
A
report on the struggle to save those trapped in a sunken Russian submarine. |
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August
9, 2000
Building a Defense
In the
first of two reports, Jeffrey Kaye of KCET, Los Angeles, examines the need for
a national missile defense and the feasibility of building such a system. |
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August
1, 2000
World
View
Presidential historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Michael Beschloss, author
and journalist Haynes Johnson, and Kay James, a Bush delegate from Virginia, discuss
the history of national security.
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August 1, 2000
The
Use of Power
Robert Zoellick, senior member of the State Department under
President Bush, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), member of the Defense
Appropriations Subcommittee, and Senator Gordon Smith (R-Oregon), member of
the Foreign Relations Committee, discuss George W. Bush's view of America's
role as a superpower.
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JULY
July 10, 2000
Missing
the Mark
The Pentagon's missile defense system fails a crucial test. Discussing
the situation, Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Penn.), chairman of the subcommittee for military
research and development; John Hamre, former deputy secretary of defense, and
Theodore Postol, professor of science, technology and national security policy
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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July 4, 2000
Anniversary
of G.I. Bill
The education and housing benefits World War II veterans received
from the GI Bill transformed society.
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MAY
May 31, 2000
Arms
Control
A discussion with Under Secretary of Defense Walter Slocombe, Thomas
Graham, president of The Lawyers Alliance for World Security, Robert Zoellick,
foreign policy advisor to George W. Bush, and Daniel Goure, from The Center for
Strategic and International Studies. |
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May 25, 2000
Reflections
on Japan
Correspondent Jeffrey Kaye of KCET/Los Angeles reports on a group
of Americans who gained a special knowledge about Japan during World War II and
their perspectives on modern Japan. |
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May 17, 2000
Departure
Deadline
Congress debates withdrawing
funds for the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. A discussion with Senators
John Warner (R-Va.), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Joseph Biden( D-Del.), and
Carl Levin (D- Mich.). |
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May 17, 2000
Citizen
Soldiers
American peacekeepers in Bosnia cope with the strain of a long, drawn-out
mission.
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May 4, 2000
Arms
Control, Again
Edward Warner, assistant secretary of defense and the Pentagon's
senior representative to the arms control talks with Russia; Stephen Cambone,
director of research at National Defense University; and Bruce Blair, president
of the Center for Defense Information; give three different perspectives on
upcoming arms control negotiations with Russia.
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May 1, 2000
Forum: Remembering Vietnam
The following are selected viewer recollections of the Vietnam War era. |
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APRIL
April 10, 2000
Safe
Shot
Betty Ann Bowser examines the concerns over the Anthrax vaccine.
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JANUARY
January
6, 2000
Gays and the Military
Correspondent Tom Bearden updates the story of gays in the military and the "don't
ask, don't tell" policy. Michelle Benecke, co-executive director of Servicemembers
Legal Defense Network and former Army Captain; Lt. Colonel Robert Maginnis, senior
director of national security and foreign affairs at the Family Research Council;
Lt. General Paul Cerjan, president of Regent University; Major General Vance Coleman,
director of a community education foundation, and Senior Correspondent Margaret
Warner explore the effectiveness of the homosexual policy in the armed forces. |
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January 1, 2000
Forum: Gays in the Military
What should the U.S. military policy be toward homosexuals? Co-executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network Michelle Benecke and Robert Maginnis, senior director of national security and foreign affairs at the Family Research Council, respond to your questions. |
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