Pentagon briefing on Gulf War

Title

Pentagon briefing on Gulf War

Genre

News report; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

24 Jan 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:33

Description

Nick Peters reports for LBC Newstalk Breakfast on the confident Gulf War briefing at the Pentagon by US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney and Joint Chief of Staff General Colin Powell (including excerpts). Covering Saddam Hussein’s military capabilities; targets that have been destroyed and future targets; they take questions on likely duration of the war.

Contributors

Nick Peters; Colin Powell; Dick Cheney; LBC Newstalk

Keywords

Press; Military operations; Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; War (events); Operation Desert Storm (1991)

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