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President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he has told Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the United States views the killing of Afghan citizens as seriously as if they were Americans. Obama has ordered the Pentagon to investigate the incident fully.
HEADLINE: Obama: U.S. 'Heartbroken' by Afghan killings
CAPTION: President Barack Obama says he is directing the Pentagon to do a very thorough investigation of the weekend killings of Afghan civilians, allegedly by a U.S. soldier. (March...
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GERMANY: RELEASED US ARMY SOLDIERS RETURNING HOME
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The three U-S Army soldiers released from prison in Yugoslavia last weekend are departing for their homes in the United States on Friday.
The three are Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Stone, 25, of Smiths Creek, Mich.; Staff Sgt....
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USA: PUERTO RICAN'S PROTEST AGAINST MILITARY EXERCISES
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Protests are growing over plans by the United States Navy to conduct "live-fire" military exercises on the island of Vieques in the Caribbean.
On the island, nearly two dozen protesters refusted to remove locks from the...
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Australian FM meets US Vice President
Arlington, Virginia
1. Wideshot of US Deputy Secretary of Defense walking down the steps at the Pentagon
2. Cutaway of photographers
3. Mid shot of US Deputy Secretary of Defense hosting honour cordon for Australian Foreign Minister...
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Pentagon briefing
Arlington, Virginia - 29 March 2003
1. US Pentagon spokeswoman Torie Clarke and Pentagon Spokesman Maj. Gen. Stanley McChrystal walk into Pentagon briefing room
2. SOUNDBITE: (English), Maj. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Pentagon...
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US Defence Department briefing
1. Wide shot news briefing room
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defence
"We have in fact in recent days gathered intelligence information in locations that had not been available to us previously that are now...
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US and Chinese Defence ministers hold talks
1. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld walks down the stairs at the Pentagon (US Defence Department)
2. Motorcade carrying Chinese Defence Minister General Cao Gangchuan arrives at Pentagon
3. Various Rumsfeld greeting Gangchuan at...
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Rumsfeld comments on Iraq, cockpit video of airstrikes
1. Wide shot of Donald Rumsfeld and General Richard Myers walking into Pentagon briefing room
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald Rumsfeld, US Defence Secretary:
"Coalition pilots of Operation Southern Watch risk their lives every day to...
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Bosnia: Troops: Withdrawal of several hundred peacekeepers
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The United States has begun the withdrawal of several hundred of its peacekeepers from Bosnia.
About 90 U-S soldiers left their base near Tuzla on Monday.
The Pentagon said the military was beginning the withdrawal of 800 U-S...
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Rites of remembrance marked the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, familiar in their sorrow but observed for the first time Saturday in a nation torn over the prospect of a mosque near ground zero and the role of Islam in society.
HEADLINE: Nation pauses to remember victims of Sept. 11
CAPTION: Rites of remembrance and loss marked the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, familiar in their sorrow but observed for the first time Saturday in a nation torn over...
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USA: US TO SEND 3 WARSHIPS TO CAMBODIA FOR A POSSIBLE EVACUATION
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The United States announced Tuesday its decision to send three U-S warships close to Cambodia for possible Cambodian evacuation.
The United States have also condemned Cambodian co-Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday for...
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USA: US FORCES ARE POISED TO EVACUATE AMERICANS FROM SIERRA LEONE
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U-S officials in Washington confirm that American forces are poised to evacuate more than 200 Americans from the west African nation Sierra Leone.
A Pentagon spokesman said other nationals may be included in the...
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Administration officials say President Barack Obama is planning to announce that most U.S. troops will be out of Iraq in less than 19 months.
HEADLINE: Officials: Most troops out of Iraq in 18 months
CAPTION: President Barack Obama plans to order that all U.S. combat troops be withdrawn from Iraq by August 2010, administration officials said Tuesday, ending the war that...
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WRAP Iraq war anniversary demos in Washington, Rome, Istanbul
Washington DC, USA
1. Various of protesters holding oil-drum "shields"
2. Various, protesters chanting
3. Various of police
4. Police motorbike escorts, advancing
5. Various of protesters holding signs, chanting
6. Close up, signs...
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Bush asks for $46 billion more for Iraq, Afghanistan wars
1. Bush walking into Roosevelt Room
2. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"These patriots have come to the Oval Office to make sure and to make clear that our troops have the full commitment of our government and I...
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Defence Department on release of latest bin Laden video
1. Pentagon briefing
2. Briefing
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defence:
"We have no evidence that this was released by UBL (Osama bin Laden). So your comment 'What does the release by Osama bin Laden of yet...
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USA: KOSOVO CRISIS: F-117 WARPLANES LEAVE FOR NATO ACTION
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The United States is stepping deeper into NATO's conflict with Yugoslavia as the Pentagon orders more weapons and armament to the staging areas.
An aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, along with escort ships...
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Parts of Pentagon evacuated in security alert
1. Wide shot exterior Pentagon and employees standing in car park, zoom out
2. Various of employees standing outside
3. Zoom out from police on steps of Pentagon, to people standing
4. Police car
5. Police officers
6. Tilt from people...
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Ash Carter confirmed as the next Secretary of Defense in 93 to 5 vote in the Senate. (Feb 12)
The Senate has confirmed the president's choice to run the U.S. Defense Department.
The vote Thursday was 93-5 for Ash Carter.
He'll replace Chuck Hagel and be Obama's fourth defense secretary in six years.
Carter faces the unenviable...
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The MV Cape May is preparing to leave Portsmouth, Virginia in about two weeks time, heading for the Mediterranean, where other nations' ships will deliver chemical weapons from Syria to be destroyed. The Pentagon gave reporters a tour Thursday. (Jan. 2)
SOUNDBITE (English) Adam Baker, chemical engineer:
"Mustard gas, and DF is the other compound that's the most hazardous. That's the sarin precursor."
SOUNDBITE (English) Frank Kendall, Defense Under Secretary:
"This is a proven...
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26 Palestinian prisoners released as part of peace negotiations, protesters try to block coach
Ramle, central Israel
1. Israeli prison service vehicles carrying Palestinian prisoners driving from Ayalon prison past Israeli protest
2. Wide of protesters
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Baruh Marzel, Israeli activist:
"We came here to say...
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Olympic torch on its way to the Capitol
1. Survivors of Sept. 11 attack and family members of victims pass torch outside Pentagon
2. Torch bearer runs away with torch
3. Shot of the feet of a woman running through streets of Arlington, Virginia, tilt up to woman running
4....
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Pentagon briefing on Fallujah
Washington, DC
1. Pentagon briefing room as Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz briefing reporters via video
2. Cutaway of reporters
Baghdad, Iraq (via video feed into Pentagon)
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Army Lt. General Thomas Metz/Commander, Multi...
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Hu Jintao attends event to celebrate 80th anniversary of People's Liberation Army
1. Mid of Chinese President Hu Jintao walking into the Great Hall of the People
2. Mid of Hu shaking hands with veterans
3. Mid of veterans applauding
4. Various of performance showing the establishment of People's Liberation Army (PLA)...