Current news events and political issues were examined through
reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists,
newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes and
electronic mail. In the first segment, Mr. Tackett talked about
current headlines, including the U.S. peace mission in Bosnia. In
the newspaper roundtable, Mr. Francis and Mr. Rich talked about
various current topics. In the next segment, Ms. Cleaver and Ms.
Steele discussed provisions in the Telecommunications Act of 1995
that would define appropriate language and images for the Internet.
In the final segment, Commander Franklin talked by telephone about the Department
of Defense’s new BosniaLINK service to provide information about the
peace mission in Bosnia via the Internet.