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Senate Passes Record Defense Budget, but Are We Safer?
Is big money making America safer? Plus, a suicide bombing rocks Afghanistan, and ABC-TV and the politics of September 11th.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenIf Congress does nothing else between now and election day, it will pass another record defense spending bill--even though the Pentagon says it can't keep track of the money.Will more than $500 billion make America safer?Do the House and the Senate care more about oversight or pet projects? Also, an update on today's suicide bombing in Kabul and a conversation about ABC's The Path to 9/11. Is it a docudrama or political propaganda?
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3 storiesBomb Attack in Afghan Capital Day after NATO Troop Request
In Kabul, Afghanistan, today, a suicide bomber killed at least 18 Afghans and two American Soldiers. Many more were wounded. The attack, which struck downtown near the several diplomatic missions, comes as NATO commanders are asking for 2000 more troops to fight the resurgent Taliban.
Read the story6 minSenate Passes Record Defense Budget, but Are We Safer?
After hours of impassioned debate about terrorism, Secretary Rumsfeld and the war in Iraq, the Senate passed the defense-spending bill yesterday by a vote of 98-to-nothing. Congress is about to do the same.
Read the story35 minDemocrats Decry ABC Miniseries, 'The Path to 9/11'
Democrats, including former President Clinton, are up in arms over The Path to 9/11 , scheduled to run Sunday and Monday nights on ABC. The network calls criticism "premature and irresponsible," because final editing is incomplete.
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