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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jim Miklaszewski) The military’s recruiting problems because of the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan examined; statistics on recruiting shortfalls & divorce rates for the Army cited; details given of incentives for joining the Army. [Military expert Loren THOMPSON†- explains the Army’s problem.] [Army chaplain Lt. Col. Glen BLOOMSTROM†- comments on marital stress for military couples.]
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Orangeburg, South Carolina: Don Teague) Waning recruitment among African Americans examined; statistics on black recruits cited; photos shown of 3 former students from South Carolina’s Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School who died in Iraq. [Recruit Terrence BEDFORD††- explains why he enlisted.] [Military analyst David SEGAL†- says there is probably more opposition to the war in the African American community.] [Army Recruiting & Retention NCO Sgt. 1st Class Mark DANIEL†- says the parents have changed.] [High school senior Thadies BROWN††- says he can’t do it.]
#792278
(Studio: Brian Williams) The arrest of 4 terror suspects in California reported.
(Washington: Pete Williams) The arrest in Lodi, California, of Pakistani-American Hamid Hayat†, who claimed he trained with Al Qaeda in Pakistan and returned to the US to target hospitals & food stores, and his father, Umer Hayat, featured; photo shown of Muslim cleric Muhammad Adil Khan††, who was arrested for overstaying his visa. [US attorney McGregor SCOTT†- denies an immediate threat.] [Defense lawyer Johnny GRIFFIN†- says the government has not charged Umer with any terrorist activities.]
#792279
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(White House: David Gregory) The relationship between government & science examined in light of the “New York Times” report that Philip Cooney†, a White House official who was a former oil industry lobbyist, edited government reports to reflect White House doubts about the existence of climate change; details given of the omission of a section on global warming from an EPA document 2 years ago. [Former government researcher Rick PILTZ††- says this was a policy-driven intervention into the science program.] [Pew Center on Global Climate Change Eileen CLAUSSEN†- says the White House doesn’t listen to the science.] [White House press secretary Scott McCLELLAN – defends the government’s reports.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The Senate’s confirmation of President Bush’s nominee Janice Rogers Brown as a federal appeals judge reported.
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#792283
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Afghanistan: Ron Allen) The tenacious enemy facing US Marines in Afghanistan featured; scenes shown from eastern Afghanistan of Kilo Company, including a near-hit by an IED, and of a memorial for L/Cpl. Nick Kirven† & Cpl. Ricky Schoener†, who died in a firefight. [Kilo Company Lt. Col. Norm COOLING†- says finding the enemy is difficult.] [Kilo Company L/Cpl. Clinton JONES†- comments on the men who died.] [Kilo Company Cpl. John POLLANDER†- comments on the overshadowing of the war in Afghanistan by Iraq.]
#792286
(Studio: Brian Williams) The conviction of former America West pilots Christopher Hughes†† and Thomas Cloyd†† for being drunk in the cockpit in 2002 reported; scenes shown from the Miami courtroom.
#792287
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Nuevo Laredo, Mexico: Janet Shamlian) The risk of going to some low-cost cosmetic surgery clinics in Mexico featured; scenes shown of a patient whose surgery was botched. [Nuevo Laredo clinic salesman David HERNANDEZ††- says it’s a fantastic deal.] [Liposuction patients Kristy HARDEMAN††, Suzanna JACOBSON††- describe their different results.] [San Antonio, Texas, plastic surgeon Dr. Tolbert WILKINSON††- says we’re seeing bad surgery & preventable complications.]
#792290
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Cotton Plant, Arkansas: Roger O’Neil) The rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker, once thought to be extinct, that could save the struggling town of Cotton Plant, Arkansas, featured; scenes shown from Cotton Plant and from Brinkley, which is capitalizing on the bird; Fish & Wildlife statistics on expenditures by birders cited. [RANGER – says there were 17 sightings.] [Cotton Plant farmer/councilman Homer REEVES‡- says it’s our road to prosperity.] [Brinkley restaurant owner “GENE, ” hair STYLIST – comment.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) An attempt by a group of refugees from Cuba to float to Florida on a 1948 station wagon converted into a boat reported; scenes shown.
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