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    Part II: Secretary of State Colin Powell

    Apr 17, 2003 04:00 AM EDT

    JIM LEHRER: Not al-Qaida, right. SECRETARY POWELL: But somebody who has been in hiding in Baghdad for all of these years. And he killed an American, Mr. Klinghoffer, by throwing him off the Achille Lauro. And now we have got him, and he will be brought to justice. So ...

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    Saddam's Scientific Adviser Surrenders

    Apr 12, 2003 09:53 PM EDT

    ... did not fear justice because he was not a member of Saddam's Ba'ath Party and had nothing to hide. "I am saying this for posterity and for history and not to defend a regime... I am saying exactly what I believe in, I knew. Nobody told me what ...

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    Pentagon Revises Cave Search Plans

    Dec 27, 2001 08:48 PM EDT

    ... the presence of American forces in an area where fundamentalist Islamic sentiment runs high. Military strategists argued that large American camps could become prime targets for attacks and there would be likely casualties among troops searching caves. The decision comes as conflicting reports emerged as to bin Laden's whereabouts ...

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    Racial Profiling

    Mar 13, 2001 05:00 AM EDT

    ... percent for white drivers. 90 percent of those searches uncovered no evidence of criminal wrongdoing. In his first message to Congress, President Bush instructed his Justice Department to target racial profiling. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: Too many of our citizens have cause to doubt our nation's justice when the ...

  • News Wrap: More than 150 killed in South Korea crowd surge

    News Wrap: More than 150 killed in South Korea crowd surge

    Oct 31, 2022 10:56 PM EDT

    ... city street led to the deaths of more than 150 people during weekend Halloween celebrations. Nick Schifrin reports on a country in mourning and desperately searching to understand what happened. Nick Schifrin: In the heart of Seoul, today was for reverence and remorse, some mourners not old enough to understand ...

  • Coast Guard lieutenant pleads guilty to gun and drug crimes

    Coast Guard lieutenant pleads guilty to gun and drug crimes

    Oct 03, 2019 07:05 PM EDT

    Hasson also targeted two Supreme Court justices and two social media company executives and searched online for their home addresses in March 2018, within minutes of searching firearm sales websites, according to prosecutors. In a February court filing, prosecutors said Hasson "intends to murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely ...

  • Prosecutors say Coast Guard lieutenant is domestic terrorist with hit list

    Prosecutors say Coast Guard lieutenant is domestic terrorist with hit list

    Feb 21, 2019 12:14 AM EDT

    ... Hasson "began the process of targeting specific victims," including several prominent Democrats in Congress and 2020 presidential candidates. In February 2018, he searched the internet for the "most liberal senators," as well as searching "do senators have ss (secret service) protection" and "are supreme court justices protected," according to the ...

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    Parties look to understand messy McAuliffe victory

    Nov 06, 2013 02:15 PM EDT

    ... of the race, the Affordable Care Act, a third-party candidate -- have nothing to do with Christie's resounding win that sets him up nicely for a possible 2016 bid for the White House. McAuliffe has a much tougher road ahead. After multiple polls suggested he could claim a double ...

  • #RealLiveTransAdult emerges on Twitter following transgender teen’s death

    #RealLiveTransAdult emerges on Twitter following transgender teen’s death

    Dec 30, 2014 11:10 PM EDT

    ... According to The Trevor Project -- a national organization that provides services for crisis intervention and suicide prevention to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning young people ages 13 to 24 -- nearly 50 percent of transgender youths have thought about suicide. Those searching for help can call 1-866-488-7386.

  • U.S. grapples with rising threats of political violence as 2024 election looms

    U.S. grapples with rising threats of political violence as 2024 election looms

    Aug 12, 2023 04:08 PM EDT

    ... to say what he feels. When it came down to it, he knew the Lord wouldn’t have approved of killing innocent people,” said Paul Searing, a local businessman who followed Robertson online for years and warned him when he crossed the line on social media. “Things got out of ...