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USA: CLINTON ADMINISTRATION CALLS FOR ENLARGEMENT OF NATO
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Leading Clinton administration officials testified before the Senate on Tuesday promoting the enlargement of NATO.
The Senate heard a strong endorsement for the expansion of NATO to include Poland, Hungary and the Czech...
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Pentagon officials say they are planning for potential military options in Syria, targeting Islamic militants. Those operations would extend efforts already underway in Iraq, which officials say is costing an average of $7.5 million per day. (Aug. 29)
U.S. military operations in Iraq, including airstrikes and surveillance flights, have cost about $560 million since mid-June, the Pentagon said Friday.
Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, said the average daily cost has...
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USA: SEARCH FOR US AIR FORCE A-10 JET PLANE CONTINUES
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U-S Pentagon officials are still searching for the missing A-10 jet pilot and his plane, which disappeared last Wednesday.
Combining radar tracking points and visual sightings by civilians, the Air Force Search and Rescue...
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Bush comment on Iraq armour; Pentagon briefing
Washington DC - 9 December 2004
1. Wide view of meeting
2. Pan view from cameraman to Bush
3. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"The concerns expressed are being addressed and that is that we expect our troops to have...
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President Barack Obama on Friday nominated the Pentagon's former top lawyer to run the Department of Homeland Security. (Oct. 18)
President Barack Obama on Friday nominated the Pentagon's former top lawyer to run the Department of Homeland Security.
Jeh C. Johnson, whose first name is pronounced "Jay," would replace Janet Napolitano, who left the post last month to...
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USA: US FIGHTER PLANES IN KUWAIT UPDATE
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The war of words between the U-S and Iraq hotted up with America warning Saddam Hussein that its response to any further attack would be ''robust''.
Iraq claims that it has again fired missiles at U-S war planes...
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Israel honours New York rescue workers
1. New York rescue workers entering room past crowd of flag-waving children
2. Seated as citation read out
3. Various rescue workers going up to receive citation
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lieutenant David Nadell, Chief of Department
"On...
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Day scenes from Washington, mourning + soundbites
Washington DC
1. US State Department behind cement buffer "jersey walls"
2. Concrete walls on truck bed
3. Cement "jersey wall" lifted off of truck bed
4. Section of cement wall being put into place
5. Workers placing section of...
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Weldon comments on US-Russia nuclear weapons control.
1. Weldon arrives for press conference
2. Various of press conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Curt Weldon, Senior member of the US House of Representatives Armed Services Committee
"It's not going to mean that we are not going to have...
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claims US intelligence warned in 1995 of 9/11 style attacks
Pangasinan, Philippines - 08 March 2002
1. Wide shot of former police intelligence officer Rodolfo Mendoza reading secret documents
2. Close up of document marked "top secret", reveal to Mendoza reading document
3. Close-up document
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President Bush visits scene of Pentagon attack
1. Wide shot of Pentagon, pan to soldiers on roof with US flag about to be unfurled
2. Wide of damaged building, zoom in to soldiers on roof with US flag
3. Flag is unfurled over the edge of the damaged building
4. Bush and Rumsfeld...
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US-born prisoner flown from Guantanamo to Dulles
Chantilly, Virginia
1. US Air Force C-130 arriving at Dulles Airport with detainee Yasser Esam Hamdi aboard
2. Dulles Airport terminal
3. C-130 on taxiway
Chantilly, Virginia
4. US Customs Service vehicles pulling away from C-130 parked...
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The AP's Mark Smith reports from the White House on the resignation of U.N. Ambassador John Bolton.
HEADLINE: Bolton out as UN envoy during key Iraq week
CAPTION: President Bush has begun a key week on Iraq policy by giving up his effort to win confirmation for U.N. Ambassador John Bolton. (Dec. 4)
[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]
[Notes:Bolton...
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U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips said Monday that she is learning toward denying a government request to delay her order halting the military from enforcing its ban on openly gay troops.
HEADLINE: Judge likely to deny gov't on gay troops order
CAPTION: U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips said Monday that she is learning toward denying a government request to delay her order halting the military from enforcing its ban...
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USA: KOSOVO: WILLIAM COHEN CALLS FOR SPEEDY KFOR PLACEMENT
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The U-S Defence Secretary says NATO must move as quickly as possible to get its full peacekeeping force into Kosovo.
William Cohen says a full strength K-FOR will have a better chance of restoring peace to the still troubled...
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Deck of cards using US administration instead of Iraqi
1. Various of Voltaire website with cards of high profile US government officials
2. Set up shot of Thierry Meyssan, author and designer of cards
3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Thierry Meyssan, Voltaire Network:
"We have used the system of the...
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John Patrick Bedell, the man killed in the Pentagon shootout, lived with his parents in an upscale community in Hollister, California.
HEADLINE: Pentagon shooter''s family well-known, respected
CAPTION: John Patrick Bedell, the man killed in the Pentagon shootout, lived with his parents in an upscale community in Hollister, California. The family is well-known and...
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USA: UN CLAIM DEADLY CHEMICAL WAS PRESENT AT IRAQI WEAPONS DUMP
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The U-N has confirmed that the deadly chemical agent Sarin was present at an Iraqi weapons dump blown up by U-S troops after the Gulf war, says the Pentagon.
Previously the U-S government has only conceded that chemical...
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White House and Defence Secretary comment on Egypt
The White House on Monday gave no official reaction to the imminent release of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Mubarak, who is on retrial for the killings of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his...
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USA: MILITARY SCHOOL CLAIMS IT IS A WORLD LEADER IN TRAINING DICTATORS
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A U-S military training school is coming under fire after claims that it is a world-leader in training dictators.
Until the mid-eighties, the school's training manuals allegedly included advice on how to kidnap rebels'...
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Security preps, Cheney to safe place, "high" state of alert
1. Helicopter flying around Washington Monument
2. Shots of a black hawk helicopter flying over Washington
3. Close shot of a man hanging a US flag from a government building, pull out to wide shot
4. Another angle of the flag
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced a plan Wednesday that will lengthen tours of duty for all active duty U.S. Army units in Iraq to 15 months from the current 12 months as the military struggles to supply enough troops for the conflict.
HEADLINE: Pentagon extends Army troop tours in Iraq
CAPTION: Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced a plan Wednesday that will lengthen tours of duty for all active duty U.S. Army units in Iraq to 15 months fromthe current 12 months...
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The House Armed Services Committee holds a hearing this morning on the Defense Department body armor programs.
HEADLINE: Lawmakers want Army's body armor retested
CAPTION: Federal lawmakers on Wednesday requested independent third-party testing of whether standard-issue body armor for U.S. soldiers is more effective than an alternative. (June 6)...
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Pentagon officials say five U.S. soldiers are dead after an American soldier opened fire at a U.S. base in Baghdad.
HEADLINE: Pentagon official: US soldier kills troops
CAPTION: Pentagon officials say five U.S. soldiers are dead after an American soldier opened fire at a U.S. base in Baghdad. (May 11)
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Pentagon officials...