NBC Nightly News - 2001-02-24
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[0:00] [Music]
[0:02] Thanks for watching the area's number
[0:04] one Saturday night news. Northwest News
[0:07] Channel 8, where the news comes
[0:14] first. Coen Pal's mission in the Middle
[0:17] East, making the case against Saddam
[0:20] Hussein. He threatens this region. He
[0:23] threatens our people.
[0:25] Mark Rich's written response to the
[0:28] pardon
[0:29] controversy. The nation's governors
[0:31] gather with school funding as a major
[0:34] concern. And the word these days on Wall
[0:37] Street, buyer beware. I felt very
[0:40] stupid. Um I still do.
[0:45] From NBC News World Headquarters in New
[0:48] York, this is NBC Nightly News reported
[0:52] by John Seanthaler. Good evening
[0:54] everyone. Secretary of State Coen Pal
[0:56] arrived in the Middle East today on the
[0:58] first major diplomatic mission of this
[1:00] administration. With stops in Egypt and
[1:03] Israel, Iraq was one of the first issues
[1:05] on the table as Powell made the case
[1:08] against Saddam Hussein. NBC's Andrea
[1:10] Mitchell is traveling with the
[1:12] secretary.
[1:14] Even before a Coen Powell arrived in
[1:16] Israel tonight, Palestinians were on the
[1:18] streets protesting US policy toward
[1:20] Iraq. Outrage against US sanctions and
[1:23] air strikes against Iraq is spreading
[1:25] throughout the Arab world. Baghdad is
[1:28] making the most of it. All this
[1:29] complicates Powell's first mission as
[1:31] Secretary of State, a major overhaul of
[1:34] Iraq policy. In Cairo earlier today, he
[1:37] tried to respond to criticism from
[1:39] President Mubarak about the sanctions.
[1:41] We also discussed the need to relieve
[1:43] the burden on the Iraqi people while
[1:45] strengthening controls on Saddam
[1:47] Hussein's efforts to develop weapons of
[1:49] ma