CBS Evening News - 2002-01-04
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[0:00] 35 63000.
[0:03] >> The latest on the failing health of your
[0:05] favorite stars. Next ET.
[0:09] Killed in action. For the first time, a
[0:12] US soldier is killed by enemy fire in
[0:14] combat in Afghanistan. The war is not
[0:17] over. US unemployment worsens, but there
[0:21] are signs we may have seen the worst of
[0:23] the recession.
[0:25] Health problems for Dolly the Sheep
[0:27] raise new questions about the future of
[0:30] cloning and eye on America. Hate that
[0:33] Christmas gift? Why stores are making it
[0:36] harder than ever to return.
[0:44] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:47] Rather reporting from CBS [music] News
[0:49] headquarters in New York.
[0:51] >> Good evening. For the first time in the
[0:53] war in Afghanistan, an American soldier,
[0:56] a US Army Special Forces Green Beret,
[0:58] has been killed in action in combat by
[1:01] enemy fire. A CIA officer was wounded in
[1:03] the same engagement. Until now, most US
[1:06] casualties, both killed and wounded, had
[1:08] resulted from so-called friendly fire,
[1:11] especially bombs that fell where they
[1:13] weren't supposed to. CBS's Wyatt Andrews
[1:16] reports that was not the case today in
[1:18] an Afghan province known for years as a
[1:20] terrorist training ground.
[1:24] 3 months into the war and this was the
[1:27] first US military death due to hostile
[1:30] fire. A Green Beret soldier was killed
[1:33] and a CIA agent wounded as they met
[1:35] local leaders near the town of Gardez.
[1:38] >> There was an exchange of fire. The war's
[1:40] commander, General Tommy Franks, said
[1:42] the soldier was part of a special forces
[1:45] team that was building contacts.
[1:47] >> This American serviceman was doing his
[1:49] job. Um, that he was ou