CBS Evening News - 1980-01-23
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[0:03] This is the CBS Evening News with Walter
[0:06] Cronkite.
[0:08] Good evening. Against a background of
[0:10] crises in Iran and Afghanistan and a new
[0:13] iciness in Soviet relations, President
[0:15] Carter delivers his State of the Union
[0:17] address tonight to Congress and a
[0:19] national television audience. Lesley
[0:21] Stahl tells us what to expect in that
[0:23] address at 9:00 Eastern time.
[0:26] After a lengthy debate with his
[0:28] advisers, President Carter has decided
[0:30] to discuss reinstituting registration
[0:32] for the draft in his speech tonight as
[0:34] he announces some new responses to the
[0:36] Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. That
[0:38] according to knowledgeable government
[0:40] sources. Under the registration plan,
[0:42] young men between the ages of 18 and 26
[0:45] would be required to register their
[0:47] names and addresses, but the draft
[0:49] itself would not be reactivated. The
[0:52] move is expected to enjoy considerable
[0:54] congressional support.
[0:56] It would
[0:57] not only enhance our national security
[0:59] position, it would also demonstrate a
[1:02] degree of will which has been rather
[1:04] sadly lacking on the part of this
[1:06] country for a good many years. I think
[1:09] it's time
[1:10] quit calling it registration, let's call
[1:12] it draft and get on with it.
[1:15] If you want my opinion, we're in a hell
[1:16] of a shape.
[1:17] The speech tonight has been described as
[1:19] a spelling out of a Carter doctrine, a
[1:21] new approach to containing Soviet
[1:23] aggression.
[1:25] According to administration sources, the
[1:26] president intends to propose that the US
[1:28] enter into a security relationship with
[1:31] several Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea
[1:33] countries as a way of protecti