Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130124:02:32:00
Hear. it is located right near the city center in kabul. but before it was called the serena hotel, it was called the kabul hotel. and in 1979, adolph dubbs, the american ambassador at the time was taken hostage at the hotel. the american ambassador was taken hostage. there was a standoff, and i'm sorry to say that ambassador dubbs was killed. he was shot multiple times and ultimately buried at arlington national cemetery. the united states did not have another ambassador sent to afghanistan for more than 20 years after that. ambassador dubs was killed on valentine's day in 1979, february 1979...
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