Description: Pres. Bush addresses Congress on postwar Middle East. Acknowledges compromise as necessary tool for peace. America will work with Middle East countries to establish regional security.
Description: Retrospective of Bush's shifting rhetoric accompanying evolution of Persian Gulf crisis from Iraq's invasion of Kuwait through first month of war.
Description: Interviews with three clergy members on the Persian Gulf war, covering a range of opinions. Rev. Peter Gomes of Harvard University, supports U.S. intervention in the Middle East. Father Jack Seery, a pacifist, completely opposed the war. Rabbi Emily Lipof, believes in peace, but does think that U.S. has done the right thing by stopping a madman in order to bring about peace.
Description: Telephone interview with Deborah Wang in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where she is covering the Persian Gulf war. B-roll from CNN of Deborah asking question at military briefing.
Description: Telephone interview with Deborah Wang in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, about surprisingly quick US success in ground offensive, and range of attitudes among journalists covering the gulf war.
Description: As prospect of gulf war looms, domestic problems stemming from recession go unsolved. Bush says he still hopes for peace. Unemployment check, credit card slip, “closed” sign. Ellen Hume,William Seidman.
Description: Upon return from Iraq, where he surveyed and documented war devastation, Dr. Jonathan Fine of Physicians for Human Rights describes dire need for food, medicine, water, electricity. Injured children.