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The Democrats Who Want to Be President
South Carolina's a red state, but the eight Democratic candidates for president got together there last night to debate on Iraq, healthcare and other issues. We get assessments from across the spectrum of party opinion. Also, Saudi Arabia arrests nearly 200 alleged Islamic militants, and CIA Director George Tenet's new book.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenSouth Carolina's a red state, but that's where the eight Democratic candidates for president got together last night. They held forth on Iraq, healthcare and other issues and tried to look presidential. We get assessments from across the spectrum of party opinion. Also, Saudi Arabia arrests 172 people it claims are Islamic militants and, on Reporter's Notebook, will former CIA Director George Tenet's new book reveal what the public needs to know?
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3 storiesSaudis Arrest 172 Terrorists from Seven Separate Cells
Saudi Arabia has arrested 172 people it calls Islamic militants, some of whom trained to fly aircraft in attacks on the country's vast oil fields and other targets. The Saudi government says that "all that remained was to set the zero hour." Rasheed Abou -Alsamh is editor at the English language paper Arab News in Jiddah.
Read the story6 minDemocratic Presidential Candidates Debate in South Carolina
Last night, on the campus of a historically black institution, South Carolina State University , all the Democratic candidates met for the first time. Results of the debate in this very Republican state, whose primary will be held fourth in next year's election process, could be a bell weather, especially for the voting patterns of African…
Read the story34 minGeorge Tenet's New Story, Book on Iraq
At the Center of the Storm won't be published until Monday, but it's has already been written up in today's New York Times , and CBS has released excerpts of George Tenet's interview on 60 Minutes this Sunday. In Plan of Attack , Tenent was quoted as saying the case that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction was a "slam dunk."
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