World News Tonight (ABC) - 1995-12-05
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[0:00] American
[0:04] troops in Bosnia check out the
[0:06] territory. Their commander says it is
[0:08] dangerous, but we are ready.
[0:11] Absolute paralysis in France.
[0:16] >> Striking workers tell the government,
[0:17] "We will not back down." And new
[0:20] regulations to make seafood safer. And
[0:23] real questions about how effective they
[0:25] will be.
[0:28] From ABC, this is World News Tonight
[0:31] with Peter Jenning.
[0:32] >> Good evening. We begin tonight with the
[0:34] continuing debate about the role that
[0:35] American servicemen and women will play
[0:37] in Bosnia. As American troops trickle
[0:40] into the country today, President
[0:42] Clinton has won some important political
[0:44] support for his decision to send them.
[0:46] Former presidents Bush and Ford and the
[0:49] former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
[0:51] Staff, Coen Powell, have said while they
[0:52] have their misgivings, US prestige is on
[0:55] the line, the troops are on their way,
[0:56] and the time for debate is over. Not
[0:59] necessarily true, but our first report
[1:01] is from the Bosnian city where the US
[1:04] will make its headquarters. ABC's Sheila
[1:06] McVicker is in Tusla.
[1:10] in countryside that one American soldier
[1:12] said reminded him of home. A US
[1:14] reconnaissance team tramped through the
[1:16] mud of northern Bosnia to scout
[1:18] locations for helicopter landing pads
[1:20] and tent cities.
[1:22] Near the front lines, they examined a
[1:24] recently rebuilt bridge to see if it
[1:27] could take the weight of the heavy
[1:28] American tanks that are due here in less
[1:30] than 2 weeks. And they sought advice
[1:33] from United Nations peacekeepers who
[1:34] have been on duty here throughout the
[1:36] four years of war. This area is