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The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
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This episode of The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour looks at the following stories. Kwame Holman begins with a report on the war conducted by the United States government against the marijuana industry, particularly in California. Judy Woodruff follows with a story about the American armys struggles in Central America, and whether to keep backing the government in El Salvador. Charlayne Hunter-Gault concludes the program with a story on the Iranian genocide of members of the Bahai religious movement.
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NewsHour Productions
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Robert MacNeil, Jim Lehrer, Fred Ikle, Christopher Dodd, Yasir Arafat, Ahmed Jibril, Larry Speakes, Ronald Reagan, Ernest Hollings, Edouard Manet, Operation CAMP, Lebanese Civil War, Cyprus, El Salvador, Baha'i religious movement, marijuana cultivation, War Powers Resolution, Civil Rights Commission, United Nations Security Council, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
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