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9/2: Obama rallies support for Syria strike; 50 years ago, "CBS Evening News" made history with first 30-minute broadcast

President Obama won the support of two key lawmakers in his push to gain congressional approval for a military attack on Syria; and, on Sept. 2, 1963, Walter Cronkite anchored the first broadcast of network television's first daily half-hour news program on CBS
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