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SHOW: WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH PETER JENNINGS (06:30 PM ET) - ABC

July 31, 2003 Thursday

LENGTH: 208 words

HEADLINE: NATIONAL BRIEFING POINDEXTER RESIGNS, ECONOMIC GROWTH

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BOB WOODRUFF, ABC NEWS

(Off Camera) The man in charge of the Pentagon's much-criticized plan for a
terrorism futures market is resigning.

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(Voice Over) Retired Admiral John Poindexter is expected to step down within a
few weeks. The plan would have allowed traders to make money by correctly
predicting acts of terrorism.

BOB WOODRUFF

(Off Camera) Some encouraging news about the economy today.

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(Voice Over) The government says the economy grew almost 2.5 percent in the
second quarter. It's the strongest showing in nearly a year. Most of the
increase was due to a massive surge in defense spending.

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(Off Camera) But business spending, a critical ingredient of a strong recovery,
also grew for only the second time since the fall of 2000.

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(Voice Over) And when we come back, we'll take "A Closer Look" at the furor over
same-sex marriage. What is at stake?

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(Voice Over) Hillary Clinton, from First Lady to Senator to best-selling author.
What's next?

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(Voice Over) And it's not a bird. It's not a plane. It is a milestone in human
flight.

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