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The following is a "closing segment" for the show which aired Friday, January 28, 2005 at 11:00 AM EST.
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Friday, January 28, 2005 at 11:00 AM EST
Week in News Review
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Among the major news that made headlines this week:

1) Wednesday marks the deadliest day yet for U.S. troops in Iraq. A total of thirty-seven Americans perish, including 31 in a helicopter crash.

2) Preparations are underway for this weekend’s elections in Iraq.

3) Edward Kennedy becomes the first U.S. Senator to call for a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq.

4) Condoleezza Rice is sworn in as Secretary of State, but not after some harsh words from several senators, including West Virginia’s Robert Byrd.

5) President Bush calls for an end to the government payment of political pundits, after conservative marriage researcher and columnist Maggie Gallagher acknowledged having done work for the administration.

6) Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel speaks during the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

7) And television icon Johnny Carson passes away at age 79.

Hear On Point host Tom Ashbrook and On Point news analyst Jack Beatty analyze this week’s major news.

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