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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The controversy around former Senator Bob Kerrey after he admitted his Navy unit killed women and children during in mission in the Mekong Delta in 1969 during the Vietnam War introduced.
(Studio: George Stephanopoulos) The second day of Kerrey's damage control operation featured; details given from the Navy letter of bronze star commendation for Kerrey's mission. [KERREY - denies keeping a secret; affirms the mission was not to kill innocent people; says he did not make moral judgements about getting a medal.] [Senators John McCAIN, John KERRY, Max CLELAND - support Kerrey.] The fact that Kerrey is no longer a presidential candidate for '04 noted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Aaron Brown) The view of Vietnam veterans of the Kerrey controversy presented; scenes shown from the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, DC. [Veteran Jerry GARDNER - explains the conditions of war.] [KERREY - say he feels guilty about what happened.] [Veteran Ron STOUDT - says in war there is no time to think.] [Department of Veteran Affairs psychologist Craig BURNETTE - comments on the process of unburdening.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings; Capitol Hill: Linda Douglass) House passage of a bill making it a crime to harm a fetus and the implications for abortion and anti-abortion rights discussed. [Representatives Carolyn MALONEY, Tom DeLAY - offer differing opinions on the fetus legislation.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statement from Secretary of State Colin Powell about Fidel Castro and Cuba reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The selection of Junichiro Koizumi as Japan's new prime minister and China's criticism of President Bush's statement that the US would defend Taiwan reported.
#196707
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Punta Arenas, Chile: Mike von Fremd) The completion of the air rescue mission to get ailing Dr. Ronald Shemenski out of the South Pole featured. [In Chile, SHEMENSKI - says he feels fine.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The receding of flooded rivers in the Midwest; the United States military's preparation for an attack on government and military computers by hackers in China and a judge's ruling allowing Navy bombing exercises of Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, reported; scenes shown of flood waters in Davenport, Iowa, where Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) director Joe Allbaugh met with the mayor and of protests in Puerto Rico.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Cambridge, Massachusetts: Dan Harris) Student protests at Harvard University about low wages paid to college workers featured; scenes shown of the sit-in and of an outside tent city. [Protestor Allegra CHURCHILL - calls the pay levels absurd.] [Harvard custodian Emanuel GILBERT - cites his salary.] List shown of colleges at which there are living wage campaigns. [Harvard spokesman Joe WRINN - outlines what is being done.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The traditional media review of presidents' first 100 days in office introduced.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Interview held with presidential historian Michael Beschloss about President Bush's first hundred days. [BESCHLOSS - says Bush has been content not to be at the epicenter; adds that Bush has yet to find his "voice" as evidence by how he acts on public occasions.] [BUSH - talks about not hogging the limelight; explains why he did not go to welcome the crew back from China; jokes.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(London: Richard Gizbert) The outcome of the British government's offering of 15 seats in the House of Lords to the public featured. [Office worker House of Lords nominee Janet LILLEY, another nominee's FRIEND, House of Lords appointments commission Lord STEVENSON - comment on the nomination process.]
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