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The following is a "closing segment" for the show which aired Friday, November 19, 2004 at 11:00 AM EST.
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Past Week in News Review

On Point host Tom Ashbrook and news analyst Jack Beatty look back at this week’s major news:

1) Colin Powell resigns as Secretary of State and Condoleezza Rice is nominated to take his place.
2) The Commanding General of the First Marine Expeditionary Force, John Sattler, says Fallujah has been liberated from insurgents.
3) A Marine is caught on camera apparently shooting a wounded, unarmed man in Fallujah.
4) Aid worker Margaret Hassan is remembered as a tireless humanitarian after a videotape shows her being killed by her captors in Iraq.
5) The White House responds cautiously to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s assertion that he is developing a new type of nuclear weapon.
6) Sears and K-Mart merge, creating the nation’s 3rd largest retailer.
7) And former President Bill Clinton speaks at the dedication of his library.

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