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War Update: Pentagon Briefing

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says U.S.-led forces are now liberating Baghdad, and that "Saddam Hussein is now taking his rightful place alongside Hitler, Stalin, Lenin, Ceausescu in the pantheon of failed brutal dictators." NPR's Scott Horsley has the latest from the Pentagon.

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Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent. He reports on ups and downs in the national economy as well as fault lines between booming and busting communities.