Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Announcement by Canada and Australia that they will support the United States in an air strike against Iraq if diplomacy fails to get President Saddam Hussein to agree to United Nations weapons inspections reported. [President CLINTON - thanks supporters for the stand against Saddam's weapons of mass destruction programs.] Statement from British Prime Minister Tony Blair that Saddam will likely use weapons of mass destruction unless forced back into line noted. [BLAIR - criticizes Saddam as an unscrupulous dictator.]

(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Secretary of Defense William Cohen's tour of Persian Gulf states to seek support for a US-led attack reported.

(State Department: Steve Hurst) The problems in gaining support from the Gulf war coalition partners examined. [Secretary of State Madeleine ALBRIGHT - predicts support down the line.] [Washington Institute for Near East Policy Robert SATLOFF - states the Arab nations' position.] Where the Arab nations of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Kuwait and Jordan stand on US policy with regard to Iraq reviewed.

(Studio: Bernard Shaw) Iraq's rejection of a United Nations plan to boost the oil-for- food deal reported; scenes shown of United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan meeting with chief weapons inspector Richard Butler about the Iraq dispute.