NBC Nightly News - 1992-03-08

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[0:00] Thousands left to fight in Desert Storm.

[0:03] Some never really came back.

[0:05] >> I've tried to relate to things that I've

[0:07] seen in my life. You come out sounding

[0:09] like you're crazy.

[0:10] >> Now blinded by images that refuse to

[0:13] die, many survivors struggle with a

[0:15] battle unimaginable.

[0:17] >> Unless you're criminally insane, if you

[0:18] kill people, you have some regret, and

[0:20] that hurts.

[0:21] >> What happened after the storm? Monday on

[0:23] News8 at 5. Hear their untold stories of

[0:26] war and their hope that it finally

[0:28] brings peace.

[0:30] >> Jenny Jones breast implant disaster.

[0:32] Monday at 7:30.

[0:36] >> Another Democratic candidate is about to

[0:38] drop out of the race. But for others, it

[0:41] is showdown time on Super Tuesday.

[0:47] >> This is NBC Nightly News reported by

[0:49] Garrick Utley.

[0:51] >> Good evening. It is the presidential

[0:53] test the candidates have been gerting

[0:55] for and the voters perhaps impatiently

[0:57] understandably have been waiting for.

[0:59] It's called Super Tuesday and the

[1:00] numbers tell you why. Primaries will be

[1:03] held in eight states. Caucus is held in

[1:05] three other states for the Democrats.

[1:07] 783 delegates are at stake. And when the

[1:10] results are in, we should have a clearer

[1:12] picture of the presidential race. And

[1:14] the field of candidates may already be

[1:16] getting somewhat clearer or at least

[1:18] smaller. Andrea Mitchell is in

[1:20] Washington this evening. Good evening,

[1:21] Andrea. Good evening, Garrick. Soon it

[1:22] will be three. After a dismal showing in

[1:24] South Carolina, Tom Harkin is expected

[1:26] to drop out tomorrow, having failed to

[1:29] turn out the labor vote he needed to

[1:30] survive.

[1:32] >> Almost out of money, Harkin had hoped to

[1:34] get a lift from South Carolina textile

[1:36] workers. He didn't. He has told friends

[1:38] he will quit the race tomorrow, giving

[1:40] up before the big Michigan primary on

[1:42] March 17th. Propelled by his big victory

[1:45] in South Carolina where he won 78% of

[1:48] the black vote, Bill Clinton goes into

[1:50] Super Tuesday with a big head of steam.

[1:52] >> The Bible says where there is no vision,

[1:54] the people perish.

[1:56] >> Together we can do it. And I need your

[1:57] help. On Tuesday,

[1:59] >> visiting two black churches in Texas

[2:00] today, he tried to build on his strong

[2:02] lead among minorities.

[2:04] >> God bless you and thank you for your

[2:06] time.

[2:09] >> Paul Sunis was also in church today in

[2:12] Tennessee.

[2:13] There must be purpose.

[2:17] And that's true in politics.

[2:20] There must be purpose.

[2:23] It's not just getting votes.

[2:25] >> In South Carolina, Sonus received only

[2:27] 4% of the black vote. A terrible result

[2:29] for anyone hoping to be the Democratic

[2:31] nominee.

[2:32] >> We are far behind the curve on this. But

[2:35] you know, I am a stranger. The fact is

[2:37] that people need to know you as a human

[2:39] being. It's not just a name in a paper.

[2:41] get some feel for you um in in the flesh

[2:44] and that's just a matter of time.

[2:46] >> When they weren't praying this weekend,

[2:48] the candidates were heaping abuse on

[2:49] each other. Songus on Clinton.

[2:51] >> Much of what he said is simply untrue.

[2:55] The issue of nuclear power is my first

[2:58] archer is just a blatant lie.

[3:00] >> Clinton on Sus.

[3:02] >> I think that Senator Songus has changed

[3:03] his position since this election started

[3:04] a lot more than I have.

[3:06] >> In the crucial state of Florida, they

[3:07] were also battling with negative

[3:09] commercials. Some people will say

[3:11] anything to be elected president. Now

[3:14] Bill Clinton is distorting Paul Sanis'

[3:16] record on social security.

[3:18] >> Paul Sanis or Bill Clinton? Time

[3:20] magazine says much of what Sus proposes

[3:22] smacks of trickle down economics.

[3:24] >> Another character issue arose today. The

[3:26] New York Times said Clinton had invested

[3:28] in what sounded like a sweetheart deal.

[3:30] Investing with a savings and loan that

[3:32] Clinton regulated as governor. Uh when I

[3:34] became governor again,

[3:37] um I think you can argue that maybe I

[3:38] should have gotten out of it, but

[3:39] frankly at the time it never crossed my

[3:41] mind because we were losing money.

[3:43] >> The idea that you're in a business

[3:45] relationship with a someone you

[3:47] regulate, I think um is an error in

[3:50] judgment

[3:51] >> and Clinton has to worry about Jerry

[3:53] Brown always on the attack.

[3:55] >> Bill Clinton is the candidate of the

[3:57] politicians, the hacks, and the people

[3:59] who have been ripping us off for the

[4:01] last 10 years. That's the truth. Sus is

[4:04] competitive in Florida, but is conceding

[4:05] most of Super Tuesday to Clinton, a son

[4:07] of the South. So, it's likely nothing

[4:09] will be resolved until the big primaries

[4:11] in Michigan and Illinois next week.

[4:13] Garrick,

[4:14] >> thank you. Andrea Mitchell. And now,

[4:16] Lisa Meyers, who has been looking at the

[4:17] Republican contest. Lisa, we know the

[4:19] pattern by now. Voters are sending

[4:21] President Bush a message, but is it due

[4:22] to the economy or Bush himself?

[4:25] >> Garrick, this is overwhelmingly an

[4:27] economic protest vote. Right now, voters

[4:29] are so upset over the economy that

[4:31] Mickey Mouse could pull 30% of the vote

[4:33] against George Bush. But voters also are

[4:35] frustrated with the president himself.

[4:37] They're upset that he broke his promise

[4:39] not to raise taxes. And they're upset

[4:40] that he seems not to have solutions to

[4:42] pressing national problems. What George

[4:45] Bush needs above all right now, Garrick,

[4:47] is a message.

[4:48] >> Well, that fact is then for Bush, this

[4:50] is a warning not for the primaries where

[4:52] he's going to beat Buchanan and get the

[4:53] nominations, but for the fall campaign,

[4:55] for the presidency himself, isn't it?

[4:57] Absolutely, Garrick. One in eight

[4:58] Republican voters in South Carolina said

[5:01] they would not vote for the president in

[5:02] the fall. He is losing among

[5:04] independents, which no Republican afford

[5:06] can afford to do and win. Moreover, I

[5:08] think that the most worrisome thing for

[5:10] the president is that in state after

[5:12] state, voters are saying, "We want

[5:14] change." It's going to be very tough for

[5:15] someone who's been in office for four

[5:17] years to persuade them that he is the

[5:19] best person to bring about that change.

[5:21] >> All right, Lisa Myers, thank you for

[5:22] being with us this evening. Well, at uh

[5:25] this point in the primary race, you

[5:27] might wonder why is there a Super

[5:29] Tuesday voting in 11 states on one

[5:31] single day? Let's get some answers from

[5:33] Brad Coker, a political pollster who is

[5:35] with us this evening. Uh Mr. Coker, this

[5:38] is really an opportunity or an effort to

[5:39] get a large southern voice in the

[5:41] presidential selection, especially the

[5:43] Democratic party, isn't it?

[5:44] >> Well, it was designed in 1988 to give a

[5:47] southern moderate an edge in the early

[5:48] primaries and launch him uh to the

[5:51] nomination. Uh, it backfired then

[5:53] because Jesse Jackson ran and drew off

[5:55] the black votes and Al Gore didn't get

[5:57] the boost out of Super Tuesday that he

[5:59] had hoped for.

[6:00] >> But, uh, isn't this going to help Bill

[6:01] Clinton, son of the South then? It's

[6:03] going to work, in other words, this time

[6:05] in 1992.

[6:06] >> Well, it looks that way. Clinton's

[6:08] running strong throughout the South. Uh,

[6:10] primarily because he's getting the rural

[6:12] white and bluecollar southern voters and

[6:14] 75 to 80% of the black vote. If you put

[6:17] that coalition together, uh, you're

[6:19] pretty dangerous in the South. And that

[6:20] would make him a more potent Democratic

[6:22] candidate come the fall, wouldn't it?

[6:24] >> It looks that way. Uh, President Bush

[6:26] has some problems in the South and the

[6:28] fact that he got under 70% of the vote

[6:30] in South Carolina yesterday underscores

[6:31] that.

[6:32] >> Let's look at Tom Harkin who dropped out

[6:34] today. The significance of that decision

[6:35] was is expected to drop out tomorrow

[6:37] from the race. He was a traditional

[6:39] liberal Democrat and yet he really went

[6:41] nowhere. How do you see that?

[6:44] >> Well, I think the Democrats are looking

[6:46] to the future. They were looking for a

[6:48] new message and I think Tom Harkin is

[6:49] probably the last of the old New Deal

[6:52] Democrats.

[6:52] >> All right, thank you very much Brad

[6:54] Coker for being with us this evening.

[6:56] And we want to note that NBC News will

[6:58] report the election results on Tuesday

[6:59] night with a prime time special that

[7:02] begins at 109 central time on Tuesday

[7:04] evening. As we cover our world this day,

[7:06] we'll look next at the bouncing checks

[7:08] in Congress. There are a lot of them as

[7:10] representatives wait nervously to learn

[7:12] who will be named. And also this evening

[7:14] on Focus, Robin Lloyd has the story of a

[7:16] convicted murder and some doubts about

[7:19] his death.

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[8:22] >> Take a moment this evening. Imagine that

[8:24] you are a member of the US Congress and

[8:27] you used to write checks on the House of

[8:29] Representatives bank and some of them

[8:31] bounced. You thought no one would mind,

[8:34] but they did. Now, your name may be

[8:36] released to the public to the voters

[8:38] back home. Are you worried? You bet.

[8:41] Here's Henry Chan.

[8:43] >> The magnitude of abuse is staggering. In

[8:45] just 39 months, House members wrote

[8:47] nearly 20,000 bad checks totaling almost

[8:50] $11 million. Once the best of perks, the

[8:54] House Bank was shut down after 296

[8:56] current members were discovered to have

[8:59] bounced at least one check. Some were

[9:01] simple mistakes, but not all. It is

[9:04] clear by any standard that there were 55

[9:08] very big abusers. There were another 44

[9:10] who were clearly exercising

[9:12] extraordinarily bad judgment. Yet the

[9:14] ethics committee plans to reveal the

[9:16] names of only 19 of the worst offenders.

[9:18] Those who bounce checks for amounts

[9:20] bigger than their monthly salaries on at

[9:22] least eight occasions. That standard

[9:25] ignores one member who bounced 800

[9:27] checks written for smaller amounts and

[9:30] some members who were overdrawn by more

[9:32] than $100,000.

[9:34] Immediately, there were charges of cover

[9:36] up.

[9:36] >> That is something that I cannot defend.

[9:39] I can't defend it to my constituents.

[9:41] >> The pressure for full disclosure is

[9:43] growing despite the high stakes.

[9:45] >> I think when you go back home and you

[9:47] try to explain this kind of a scandal,

[9:49] if you're personally involved on this

[9:51] scale,

[9:52] >> it's almost impossible. Radio talk shows

[9:55] have seized the issue

[9:55] >> to me that ultimately and before the

[9:57] election, we're going to have a full

[9:59] list of names.

[10:00] >> Gossip and rumor and questions all over

[10:02] town about this are becoming intense.

[10:06] >> My what a story.

[10:07] >> Even senators who are not involved worry

[10:10] about the backlash.

[10:12] >> The traditional American skepticism

[10:14] about politicians has now become

[10:16] widespread distrust and mistrust. It

[10:18] cost $1 million a year in taxpayers

[10:21] money to run that bank. Many political

[10:23] experts are now saying full disclosure

[10:26] could cost 50 members their jobs in this

[10:28] fall's election. Henry Champ, NBC News,

[10:32] Washington. And now to weather in this

[10:34] country. And if you think this winter

[10:37] has been exceptionally warm, you are

[10:39] right. The National Weather Services

[10:41] Weather Service has confirmed that this

[10:42] is the mildest winter on record. For

[10:45] California, winter, such as it is there,

[10:47] has meant relief from a six-year

[10:49] drought. In fact, it's been one of the

[10:50] wetest winters in recent memory. But

[10:52] that does not mean the drought there is

[10:54] over in Los Angeles. David Garcia.

[10:58] >> What's so confusing even to Californians

[11:01] is that Southern California lives on

[11:02] imported water. Water from Northern

[11:05] California because as a rule it snows

[11:07] and rains in the north, not the south,

[11:10] filling huge reservoirs and dumping

[11:12] mountains of snow in the High Sierra.

[11:14] But this year, winter storms have washed

[11:16] Logic down the drain, flooding parts of

[11:19] Los Angeles, leaving neighborhoods a

[11:21] soggy mess. But there are few reservoirs

[11:24] here. Most of the water goes out to sea.

[11:27] So even the experts in LA disagree on

[11:30] whether the drought is over.

[11:31] >> Clearly, the drought is over here in

[11:33] Southern California. I think it's

[11:35] misleading to say the drought is over.

[11:37] >> In the wealthy resort city of Santa

[11:39] Barbara, officials insist the drought is

[11:42] over. The city had instituted water

[11:44] rationing measures so severe that some

[11:46] homeowners painted their lawns to keep

[11:49] them green. Santa Barbara has its own

[11:51] reservoir which is almost full and a new

[11:54] water desalinization plant about to go

[11:56] online. They are claiming victory.

[11:59] >> First and foremost, conservation pays

[12:01] that you can get a heck of a lot more

[12:03] water just by tightening up the system

[12:04] you got.

[12:06] Clearly, this has been the wetest rainy

[12:08] season in 6 years of drought. But it

[12:11] doesn't cure California's real long-term

[12:13] problem. Too many people, not enough

[12:15] water. And many conservationists say

[12:18] Californians will have to learn to live

[12:20] with less. David Garcia, NBC News, Los

[12:24] Angeles. And as we continue next, a

[12:26] convicted murderer and a question.

[12:28] Should he get a second hearing?

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[14:03] >> On Focus this evening, we look at one

[14:05] aspect of our society, specifically how

[14:08] our criminal justice system deals with

[14:10] reasonable doubts. What should happen

[14:12] when a convicted murderer withdraws his

[14:14] confession and physical evidence raises

[14:16] doubts about his guilt. Robin Lloyd

[14:18] looks at a case in Virginia.

[14:21] Convicted murderer Joseph Geratano is

[14:24] lucky to be alive. He narrowly escaped

[14:26] the electric chair last year when

[14:28] Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder

[14:30] commuted his death sentence to life in

[14:32] prison.

[14:32] >> The reason he intervened in my cases

[14:34] because of questions of innocence. That

[14:37] question hasn't been resolved.

[14:39] >> Questions of innocence have surrounded

[14:41] Geratano for most of his 13 years in

[14:44] prison.

[14:44] >> I see myself a victim in the sense that

[14:48] the system failed. In my case, I fell

[14:51] through the cracks.

[14:53] February 4th, 1979. The bodies of a

[14:56] woman and her 15-year-old daughter are

[14:58] discovered at this house in Norfol,

[15:00] Virginia. Barbara Klene stabbed to

[15:02] death. Daughter Michelle strangled, an

[15:05] apparent victim of rape. One day later,

[15:07] Joseph Geratano, a drug addict who was

[15:10] living with the Klein, turns himself in

[15:12] and confesses. He tells a

[15:14] court-appointed psychiatrist his

[15:16] feelings about the daughter.

[15:20] >> I wanted to kill her.

[15:23] An open and shut case. That's what

[15:25] police thought. But Geratano, who had

[15:27] attempted suicide and told the judge he

[15:29] wanted to die, gave five confessions.

[15:32] All different. Some people started

[15:34] asking questions. The confession sounded

[15:37] phony to me, as if it had been sort of

[15:40] coaxed out of him. At a time when he was

[15:43] suicidal, a drug addict, a perly

[15:46] worthless human being, he was a sucker

[15:49] for the cops.

[15:51] And then there was evidence that didn't

[15:53] add up. Unidentified bloody shoe prints

[15:56] at the scene. Hair samples that didn't

[15:58] match Geratanos. Indications that the

[16:00] murderer was right-handed. Geratano is

[16:03] not. But legal experts say Joseph

[16:06] Geratano is not likely to get a new

[16:08] trial. The state of Virginia has denied

[16:10] all of his appeals. So have the federal

[16:12] courts. And the state attorney general

[16:14] says she considers the case closed.

[16:17] It appears that the Virginia Attorney

[16:19] General's Office thinks that once

[16:20] there's a conviction, their duty is

[16:23] simply to make sure that the judgment of

[16:25] the court is to carry out is carried out

[16:27] whether it results in a injustice or

[16:30] not.

[16:31] >> Under Virginia law, it's too late. No

[16:33] new evidence can be brought forward to

[16:35] obtain a new trial unless it's presented

[16:37] within 21 days of sentencing. That's

[16:40] part of Geratano's dilemma.

[16:45] The other is an attorney general who has

[16:46] made no secret she'd like to be

[16:48] governor. Mary Sutter declined to be

[16:51] interviewed, but has said repeatedly she

[16:52] is convinced that Geratano is guilty.

[16:55] >> So are family members of the victims.

[16:57] >> I mean, if they're making some kind of a

[17:00] hero out of this man, that is still a

[17:01] killer. I don't care how nice he acts

[17:03] when he's talking to people.

[17:07] But Geratano's efforts to overturn his

[17:09] murder conviction have attracted

[17:11] national and international attention.

[17:15] >> He has written articles on the

[17:17] constitution for legal journals and

[17:19] become an expert on the appellet

[17:21] process.

[17:21] >> The question now is do you send us

[17:23] somebody where there's reasonable doubt

[17:24] to life in prison?

[17:27] >> Supporters of Geratano now have private

[17:29] investigators looking for evidence to

[17:31] clear him. Innocent or guilty, Geratano

[17:34] has succeeded in raising questions about

[17:36] a legal system which has turned a deaf

[17:38] ear to his claims of innocence. Robin

[17:41] Lloyd, NBC News, at the Augusta

[17:43] Correctional Center, Virginia.

[17:46] And we'll have more news as we continue.

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[20:01] >> OH MY GOD.

[20:04] The truck plowed into the crowd, killing

[20:06] an 82y old man. Eight others were

[20:08] injured. The driver suffered a

[20:11] concussion.

[20:13] >> In Asia, in Thailand, at least 87 people

[20:16] drowned when a ferry was hit by an oil

[20:18] tanker and sank. Many victims were

[20:20] apparently trapped in the lower decks.

[20:22] About two dozen people, however, were

[20:24] rescued there in Thailand. Elsewhere,

[20:27] Russian President Boris Yelin was

[20:29] criticized by former Soviet President

[20:30] Mikail Gorbachoff today in Germany on

[20:33] his first foreign trip since the

[20:35] collapse of the Soviet Union. Gorbachov

[20:37] said it was a mistake for Moscow to

[20:38] reduce cooperation with the other

[20:40] republics, but he supported Yelen's

[20:42] overall reform and said if it failed,

[20:44] the old Soviet monster would be replaced

[20:47] by 15 new monsters.

[20:50] We know by now the scenes of hard times

[20:52] in Russia, the shortages of food, the

[20:54] uncertain future there, and now another

[20:57] example. Orphans. Orphans now are being

[21:00] offered to foreigners, including

[21:01] Americans, for adoption. In Moscow,

[21:03] Veronica Kilchkaya, a Russian journalist

[21:05] who reports for NBC News, shows us

[21:07] what's happening.

[21:09] >> Russian orphanages once closed to

[21:11] Westerners, now open their doors to

[21:13] Americans who want to adopt.

[21:18] Some orphans spend their entire

[21:20] childhoods in understaffed, poorly

[21:22] funded institutions like this one.

[21:25] Practically unadoptable. It's not just

[21:27] older children. Babies with birth

[21:30] defects, learning disabilities, or Asian

[21:32] heritage are rarely placed in Russian

[21:35] homes.

[21:37] Margarita wants a daughter. But because

[21:39] a disabled baby would be too much

[21:41] responsibility for her, she has decided

[21:43] to wait the four years it will likely

[21:46] take for a healthy infant to become

[21:48] available.

[21:51] A sick child needs more comfort, medical

[21:53] care, and better food.

[21:57] But now there are eight new American

[21:59] adoption agencies operating from Moscow

[22:02] with the blessing of the Russian

[22:03] government. So far this year, 26

[22:06] children have left for America.

[22:09] >> 48-year-old George Kellogg of Chicago.

[22:12] >> Good.

[22:13] >> And 55year-old John Filbrick of

[22:15] Portland, Maine came here because in the

[22:18] United States, their ages worked against

[22:20] them. In Russia, they were ideal

[22:23] candidates.

[22:25] >> We are adopting children whom Russians

[22:28] would not adopt. I think

[22:29] >> therefore we do not compete with Russian

[22:32] people in adopting uh old particularly

[22:35] older children.

[22:37] >> And here's Papa, Mama, and

[22:41] >> six-year-old Valia and six-year-old

[22:43] Natasha are lucky to have been chosen by

[22:45] families willing to take them to a new

[22:48] life in the US.

[22:52] Abandoned at birth and knowing nothing

[22:54] but institutional care, these girls had

[22:57] never seen the glitz and glitter of the

[22:59] Moscow circus.

[23:01] They could never have imagined strolling

[23:03] in Red Square with their fathers

[23:06] or leaving a dreary orphanage for a new

[23:09] life in the west. With many Russian

[23:12] couples waiting to adopt a perfect

[23:14] bouncy baby, Americans might be given an

[23:17] opportunity of a lifetime. to those

[23:19] children. Nobody can really help here.

[23:21] Veronica Kuchiska, NBC News, Moscow

[23:25] >> and we'll be right back.

[23:33] I want to go see my grandd.

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[24:05] fat and calories and keeps food light

[24:07] and delicious. Pam cooking spray.

[24:10] Because how you cook is as important as

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[24:28] Granny would approve.

[24:34] >> Now there's a man in a state of full

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[24:39] on the road that has it. It's the car

[24:41] that has the Germans shaking in their

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[24:55] Infinity makes you want to take up

[24:57] driving again, doesn't it?

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[25:15] >> Time now to look ahead to some of the

[25:17] stories we'll be making news this coming

[25:19] week. First of all, the defense is

[25:20] wrapping up its case in the drug trial

[25:22] of Manuel Noriega and may decide to put

[25:24] him on the stand. A familiar face,

[25:26] Iraq's deputy prime minister, Tariq

[25:28] Kazik, speaks before the UN Security

[25:30] Council. He'll try to end the

[25:32] confrontation over the inspection and

[25:33] destruction of Iraq's remaining military

[25:35] weapons. Jordan's King Hussein supported

[25:38] Saddam Hussein during the Gulf crisis,

[25:40] but times do change, and the king will

[25:42] meet with President Bush in Washington

[25:43] to discuss Middle East peace efforts.

[25:46] And in Brussels, NATO members formally

[25:48] welcomed the former Soviet republics

[25:50] into a cooperation council, a new body

[25:53] designed to help the new countries

[25:54] develop their economies. And here's

[25:57] another sign of the postcold war changes

[26:00] rapidly taking place. Last night on this

[26:01] program, we saw how American defense

[26:04] workers are concerned about losing their

[26:05] jobs as military spending is reduced.

[26:08] Tonight, we look at the men and women in

[26:10] uniform at what they face. The military

[26:12] no longer offers job security. in

[26:14] Germany. Here's Keith Miller.

[26:19] >> This is no ordinary military parade.

[26:22] This is the final salute for the US

[26:24] Army's Third Armored Division. The unit

[26:27] is out of business.

[26:30] >> 60,000 soldiers in West Germany are

[26:33] going home, and the army wants some of

[26:35] them to find another job. To leave the

[26:38] armed services involuntarily once

[26:40] required a dishonorable discharge or a

[26:42] court marshal, but not anymore. These

[26:45] days, soldiers can be fired, and it has

[26:47] given a whole new meaning to the command

[26:50] dismissed.

[26:51] I'm sure I could use some help writing a

[26:53] resume. I haven't written one before.

[26:55] So,

[26:56] >> the end of the cold war has taken GIS

[26:59] off the firing range and into a job

[27:01] placement center. It's scary.

[27:04] >> It It really is because of the job

[27:06] market. the way the job market is

[27:08] looking now and there so many military

[27:10] people getting out and going back to the

[27:12] state. So, it's going to be, you know,

[27:15] extremely bad.

[27:16] >> Cash payments and other incentives are

[27:19] being offered to encourage soldiers to

[27:21] quit. But some soldiers say the army is

[27:24] forcing them out and they are upset and

[27:27] angry. Yes, many of them are seen to

[27:29] have a deeper resentment or are having

[27:32] difficulty dealing with day-to-day life.

[27:34] And these are referred out to our social

[27:36] services agencies or to the hospital

[27:38] depending on the degree of their

[27:40] feelings.

[27:41] >> Just how attractive is a tank gunner or

[27:44] field artillery officer in today's job

[27:46] market. It's what worries Paul and Beth

[27:48] Huitt.

[27:50] >> He's a major, but says there's no more

[27:52] opportunity for promotion. So after 14

[27:55] years in the military, he's decided to

[27:57] become a civilian even though his wife

[27:59] knows it will be traumatic.

[28:01] >> Many people are really very patriotic

[28:04] and it does come as a surprise to many

[28:06] of them that now when they've done their

[28:10] job and pieces here that the army

[28:11] doesn't need them.

[28:16] These days, when an American soldier

[28:18] hears the sound of retreat, it could

[28:21] also signal the end of a career.

[28:25] Keith Miller, NBC News, Frankfurt,

[28:28] Germany.

[28:31] And that is our look at our changing

[28:32] world this day. Tom Bro will be here

[28:34] tomorrow. I'm Garrick Utley. Good night

[28:37] for NBC News.

[28:52] He seduced her. that I feel that when I

[28:54] go to my office in the morning,