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Evacuation Flights Out Of Kabul, Afghanistan Resume
The U.S. has resumed flights from Kabul's internation airport after flights were halted because of crowds on the tarmac.
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Pentagon Releases Video Of Botched U.S. Airstrike In Kabul
The drone strike in the Afghan capital killed 10 civilians, seven of whom were children.
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President Biden Orders Forces To Europe Amid Stalled Ukraine Talks
The Biden administration is aiming to demonstrate U.S. resolve without undermining efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
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Pentagon Admits Fatal Drone Strike In Afghanistan Was A Mistake
Ten people were killed, including seven children, during August evacuations in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Bloomberg
Pelosi Taiwan Visit Shouldn't Escalate Tensions: Kirby
John Kirby, the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, says there's no reason for China to escalate tensions if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets: The Close."
Bloomberg
Ukraine Can Win the War Against Russia: Esper
Former US Defense Secretary Mark Esper says the US needs to keep providing Ukraine with weapons to fight off Russian forces. He says the US should give Ukraine fighter jets and help train their pilots and soldiers. He's on "Balance of...
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Civilians are offering to help the Pentagon handle the growing mental health needs of troops. AP's National Security Correspondent Sagar Meghani reports.
HEADLINE: Treating the unseen wounds of war
CAPTION: Civilians are offering to help the Pentagon handle the growing mental health needs of troops. AP's National Security Correspondent Sagar Meghani reports. (May 25)
[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]...
Bloomberg
Pentagon's Kirby Calls Putin `Depraved' During Emotional Briefing
Chief Pentagon spokesman John Kirby denounced President Vladimir Putin for the "depravity" of Russia's tactics in Ukraine and the "bizarre" claims he has made about his reasons for waging war there. "There's not even an attempt by Russia...
Bloomberg
Pentagon: More Protracted Phase of Ukraine War Ahead
U.S. Defense Department spokesperson John Kirby says Russia is "turning another page in the same book of Russian brutality."
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Congress Has Hearing On UFOs, But No Confirmation Of Extraterrestrials
Congress held its first hearing on unidentified flying objects in half a century, but they are digging more into "unidentified aerial phenomena."
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President Zelenskyy Persuades Countries To Send Aid To Ukraine
In a matter of weeks, President Zelenskyy's pleas, shaming, and cajoling have persuaded nations to donate billions of dollars in military support.
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Leaked military documents suggest higher Iraqi death toll than previous accounts
1. Wide of news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder and editor-in-chief:
"'The first casualty of war is the truth.' But the attack on the truth by war begins long before war starts and continues long...
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Photo op Powell and Annan
1. Wide shot exterior UN building
2. Various journalists
3. Mid shot US Secretary of State Colin Powell arriving
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Colin Powell, US Secretary of State:
"Well, you have heard the briefing this afternoon at...
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Space Station astronauts hold September 11th Commemoration
1. wide shot of Mission Control Room
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Shuttle commander Dominic Gorie: "The American Space program has a long history of flying items to commemorate courageous acts or people affected in numerous ways and this...
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Excerpts of Rumsfeld and Cohen testimony at 9/11 hearing
1. Mid shot of Defense Departments Paul Wolfowitz, Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and General Richard Myers, Chairman US Joint Chiefs of Staff, being sworn in
2. Zoom out from photograph of 9/11 victim to relative holding it up
3....
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USA: US TO TAKE PART IN INTERNATIONAL ANTI LAND MINE NEGOTIATIONS
English/Nat
In an apparent reversal of policy, the Clinton administration announced on Monday that U-S officials will take part in negotiations on an international treaty banning anti-personnel land mines.
The proposed 150-nation treaty...
Bloomberg
Obama on Iraq: U.S. Won't Commit to Another Ground War
Sept. 17 -- President Barack Obama forcefully reaffirmed that he wont send American troops into combat in Iraq amid fresh questions about whether the U.S. can avoid sliding deeper into an escalating conflict. (Source: Bloomberg)
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U.S. Strikes Islamic State Militants in Syria
Sept. 23 -- Bloomberg's Elliott Gotkine reports on the U.S. carrying out airstrikes in Syria on Islamic State targets. He speaks to Anna Edwards and Mark Barton on ""Countdown."" (Source: Bloomberg)
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Ebola Is Coming and the U.S. Gov't Screwed Up Treatment
Sept. 24 -- ZMapp is a treatment for Ebola that uses human antibodies to create an immunity to the virus. The treatment has been given to some Ebola victims and is credited with saving lives. But there have been no large clinical trials...
Bloomberg
The Ramifications of the U.S. Airstrikes in Syria
Sept. 23 -- Chris Harmer, senior analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, Lara Setrakian, co-founder of Syria Deeply, and Bloomberg's Peter Cook discuss the U.S. expanding airstrikes into Syria. They speak with Pimm Fox on ""Taking...
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Obama Authorizes 1,500 More Military Personnel for Iraq
Nov. 7 -- President Barack Obama is asking Congress to approve $5.6 billion in added Pentagon and State Department spending to fight Islamic State extremists and retrain Iraqs military forces, according to a U.S. official. Bloomberg's...
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Bush on use of force "speculation", journalist reax
Washington DC - 10 April 2006
1. US President George W. Bush being introduced at podium
2. Wide of Bush
3. Audience listening
4. Cutaway of Bush
5. SOUNDBITE (English) US President George W. Bush
"The doctrine of prevention is to work...
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The Air Force has awarded a $35 billion contract to build the next generation of air refueling tankers to Boeing Co.
Air Force awards Boeing $35B tanker contract
The Air Force has awarded a $35 billion contract to build the next generation of air refueling tankers to Boeing Co. (Feb. 24)
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The idea of a non-lethal chemical bomb containing aphrodisiacs was among nearly 200 proposals the Pentagon received in 1994, this one from an Air Force lab in Ohio
HEADLINE: Military plans for a 'gay bomb?'
CAPTION: The Department of Defense is admitting an activist group's claim that plans for an aphrodisiac-producing bomb were submitted by a laboratory. But, the Pentagon says it was just one...