Interviewees discuss the first Gulf War (1990-1991) and its coverage on television.

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    Jeff Fager on producing stories on the Gulf War for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and 60 Minutes

    03:01
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    Debbie Allen on the episode of A Different World that addressed the Gulf War conflict

    02:11
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    Sam Donaldson on how press access changed between the Vietnam and the Gulf Wars

    01:26
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    Barbara Eden on touring with Bob Hope's USO tour in the Persian Gulf

    01:34
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    Dan Rather on his first interview with Saddam Hussein

    08:03
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    Bob Simon on covering the Gulf War; on getting captured, and later released, with his crew

    12:14

    Debbie Allen

    Debbie Allen on the episode of A Different World that addressed the Gulf War conflict

    02:11

    Peter Arnett

    Peter Arnett on laying the groundwork for CNN's coverage of the Gulf War

    10:46

    Peter Arnett on broadcasting, along with Bernard Shaw and John Holliman, from the Al Rashid Hotel the night of the American bombing of of Baghdad which marked the start of the Gulf War

    13:08

    Peter Arnett on public reaction to his, Bernard Shaw's, and John Holliman's coverage of the bombing of Baghdad from the Al Rashid Hotel

    03:49

    Peter Arnett on using words rather than images to describe the action on the ground in Baghdad the first day of the Gulf War, and on dealing with Iraqi security

    03:21

    Peter Arnett on Iraqi security forces attempting to censor his reports from Baghdad

    08:57

    Peter Arnett on staying behind in Baghdad during the Gulf War after his colleagues from CNN left

    02:02

    Peter Arnett on CNN and Ted Turner resisting pressure from the George H.W. Bush administration to pull Arnett out of Baghdad during the Gulf War

    02:40

    Peter Arnett on reporting on the bombing of a baby milk factory during the Gulf War, and on the growing criticism of his reporting from Baghdad

    11:05

    Peter Arnett on interviewing Saddam Hussein during the Gulf War

    19:27

    Peter Arnett on getting the tapes of his Saddam Hussein interviw back to CNN without censorship from the Iraqi Ministry of Information

    03:27

    Tom Bettag

    Tom Bettag on trying to land an interview with Saddam Hussein for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather

    03:41

    Tom Bettag on covering the Gulf War for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, and on landing an interview with Saddam Hussein

    03:41

    Sam Donaldson

    Sam Donaldson on how press access changed between the Vietnam and the Gulf Wars

    01:26

    Barbara Eden

    Barbara Eden on touring with Bob Hope's USO tour in the Persian Gulf

    01:34

    Jeff Fager

    Jeff Fager on producing stories on the Gulf War for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and 60 Minutes

    03:01

    Don Hewitt

    Don Hewitt on television's coverage of the Gulf War

    03:02

    Steve Kroft

    Steve Kroft on covering the Gulf War for 60 Minutes 

    02:53

    Dan Rather

    Dan Rather on his first interview with Saddam Hussein

    08:03

    Bob Simon

    Bob Simon on covering the Gulf War; on getting captured, and later released, with his crew

    12:14

    Bob Simon on the basis of Colin Powell's speech to the United Nations that prompted the U.S. and its allies to enter the "War on Terror" in Iraq

    03:16

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