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Weapon, ships, aircraft and more. and the chairman of the house armed services committee says they did tighten the belt. >> in a time of climbing defense budgets, qui no longer afford to conduct business as usual. this bill encourages small businesses to compete for pentagon contracts and closely scrutinizes every penny that the taxpayers send to the armed forces. >> the house passed the bill 299 to 120, setting up a showdown with the white house and senate on aspects they don't like, shep. >> shepard: yeah, about that detainee part of the whole thing, the supporters were saying that this is a...

Afghanistan in a different way. >> u.s. officials suggest the french role could shift to training but that would mean someone else would have to pick up the combat responsibilities, shepard? >> shepard: you mentioned that discussion is going to happen in chicago. the protesters are there already, it seems. >> thousands of protesters have gathered there to voice their objection to the war in afghanistan. and to the g-8 talks that were originally going to be held in chicago. now, protesters are promising to be peaceful. police will be ready if they are not. large sections of the city will be off...

Inventory, all of it, and gave all of to to a group though serves low income residents. two truck loads and vans to move $200,000 worth of items. the director of that nonprofit says the donation will go a long way. >> we accept donations every day. but we have never gotten a donation like this. it's going to bless some families. there is just no end to the number of families that we're going to be able to bless with this one donation. >> shepard: in fact, she says this means when winter rolls around the organization will have enough coats and gloves for everybody. i'm shepard smith. this is th...

Now it's their turn to sift through the evidence and be the judge of the facts. >> the jury resumes deliberations on monday and professor freed land says don't be surprised if those deliberations continue all next week. shep? >> shepard: jonathan serrie at the courthouse in greensboro, thanks. if you are a baby boomer, you need to get tested for the liver destroying virus hepatitis c. that's the new word today from the concerns for disease control and prevention in atlanta. researchers there report one in 30 baby boomers, the generation born from 1945 to 1965, has hepatitis c and most don't ev...

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