US response to Beirut barracks bombing

Title

US response to Beirut barracks bombing

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

24 Oct 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:03:48

Description

Report on the US administration’s response to the Beirut terrorist bomb attack on the barracks of US Marines from the multilateral peacekeeping force in the Lebanon. Includes interviews with US Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger; Marine Major-General Al Gray; Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill; statement by White House spokesman Larry Speakes. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Caspar Weinberger; Larry Speakes; Tip O’Neill; Al Gray

Keywords

USA; Deaths; Terrorism; Military affairs; Military personnel; Lebanon; Beirut; Foreign policy; Peacekeeping; Barracks; Casualties; Bombs; Marines

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