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    Dan Rather Reports Season 1 Episode 1 - Coming Home
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    #1 - Coming Home

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    It's been said that war changes everything. Dan Rather Reports looked at American soldiers returning from conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan and how their lives were forever changed. For the wounded, advances in technology have saved thousands of lives, but is the government prepared for the long-term cost of treating returning vets?

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  2. Dan Rather Reports Season 1 Episode 2 - The Best Congress Money Can Buy
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    #2 - The Best Congress Money Can Buy

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    Who's really running Washington? Lobbying our elected officials has grown into a billion dollar industry. Dan Rather Reports investigates the "shadow government."

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  3. Dan Rather Reports Season 1 Episode 3 - Survivors of the Storms
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    #3 - Survivors of the Storms

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    Dan Rather Reports talks to a former FEMA worker who was convicted of accepting a bribe from a government contractor. The impact of the big storms that hit the Gulf Coast a year ago were felt far beyond New Orleans. This is the story of rebuilding without federal help, down on the bayou.

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  4. Dan Rather Reports Season 1 Episode 4 - Border War
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    #4 - Border War

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    More Americans have been kidnapped in Mexican border towns than in Iraq. The drug cartels have all but taken over several of Mexico's northern border cities. Dan Rather Reports looks at the growing violence that's just next door.

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  5. Dan Rather Reports Season 1 Episode 5 - Exxon Valdez
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    #5 - Exxon Valdez

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    17 years after the tanker Exxon Valdez spilled millions of gallons of oil, some residents of Alaska say the oil is still there and still causing environmental damage. Also close encounters with grizzly bears in the wilds of Montana.

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  6. Dan Rather Reports Season 1 Episode 6 - Contractors or Carpetbaggers?
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    #6 - Contractors or Carpetbaggers?

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    Residents along the Gulf Coast say big, out-of-state companies are getting the bulk of the clean-up contracts and that's costing taxpayers everywhere millions of dollars. Plus, a year of record profits on Wall Street leads to big-time bonuses like you won't believe.

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  7. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 1 - The Bush Legacy
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    #7 - The Bush Legacy

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    A talk with noted historians about the Presidency of George W. Bush and how he will be viewed against others who've sat in the Oval Office.

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  8. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 2 - General John Batiste, Fallen Hero, Elite Search and Rescue
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    #8 - General John Batiste, Fallen Hero, Elite Search and Rescue

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    Dan Rather interviews former General John Batiste about President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq; a family pays tribute to a fallen hero; and dramatic footage from Mt. Hood with an elite search and rescue team.

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  9. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 3 - The Future of Ford
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    #9 - The Future of Ford

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    Once the icon of American industry, Ford Motor Company finds itself falling fast in the eyes of consumers who are flocking to imports. The company has been forced to lay off thousands of workers as car building moves to cheaper foreign plants.

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  10. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 4 - The Heroes Are Dying
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    #10 - The Heroes Are Dying

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    A look at how 9-11 is still affecting the first responders; many of the police and firefighters who spent weeks atop the toxic pile that was the World Trade Center are sick and dying from lung diseases.

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  11. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 5 - Hamid Karzai Interview, Border Wars Update
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    #11 - Hamid Karzai Interview, Border Wars Update

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    Dan Rather travels to Afghanistan for an exclusive interview with President Hamid Karzai on the resurgence of the Taliban fighters who promise a bloody spring offensive to topple the government. Also, an update on "Border Wars". Newly elected Mexican President Calderon is sending thousands of troops to take on the drug cartels who have all but taken over some Mexican towns.

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  12. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 6 - Medical Marijuana
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    #12 - Medical Marijuana

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    Possession of marijuana could lead to jail time. But medical researchers are learning that it may also lead to significant advances in medicine. Dan Rather Reports investigates important new information on the plant that some researchers are calling the "aspirin of the 21st century".

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  13. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 7 - Race to the White House - Talking Politics st Princeton University
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    #13 - Race to the White House - Talking Politics st Princeton University

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    Live from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, Dan Rather hosts a town hall meeting looking at the race to the White House that's still 20 months away, but in full swing for more than a dozen candidates.

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  14. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 8 - Combat Photographer
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    #14 - Combat Photographer

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    The story of U.S. Marine Chief Warrant Officer Sean Fairburn, who videotaped America's invasion of Iraq in high-definition. His pictures will not only tell the story of the invasion, but what it's like to be in combat, as only high-definition can provide.

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  15. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 9 - Latino Invasions
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    #15 - Latino Invasions

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    For anyone caught entering the United States illegally, there's a new reality. Detention Centers. The Bush administration has stopped the long accepted practice of "catch and release" for illegal immigrants and is instead locking them up. While the government tries to slow the influx, there's no stopping the flood of Latino culture that is exploding on the American scene, from television and movies to some of the most popular new music. A special town hall meeting live from Austin, Texas.

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  16. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 10 - Afghanistan: The Problem with Poppies
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    #16 - Afghanistan: The Problem with Poppies

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    Dan Rather travels to the wild frontier of Afghanistan where massive drug production is threatening to turn the country into a narco-state. The money coming from heroin production is funding a resurgence of the Taliban and terrorism.

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  17. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 11 - Cooking with Clones
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    #17 - Cooking with Clones

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    It all began with Dolly the sheep, but coming soon to a supermarket near you: cloned beef. And if the Food and Drug Administration has its way, it won't be labeled. Also, Pakistan: what are Americans getting for the billions of taxpayer dollars sent to the military dictator Pervez Musharraf? With the resurgence of the Taliban in Pakistan, some in Congress are asking questions.

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  18. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 12 - New Rules of the Game
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    #18 - New Rules of the Game

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    Democrats campaigned to end the culture of corruption in Washington, as well as limit or end lobbyists access to lawmakers. But so far it's been more talk than action with the influence industry as cozy as ever with lawmakers. Also, what's killing the coral in the Florida Keys?

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  19. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 13 - Made in China
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    #19 - Made in China

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    For national security reasons, everything the military uses, from bombs to berets has, since World War II, been made in the USA. But now there's a move to outsource the manufacture of military hardware to countries such as China and Russia. Plus, he's being called "America's Mayor". A look at how Rudy Giuliani ran New York City before 9-11. And, dramatic rescues at sea from U.S. Coast Guard choppers.

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  20. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 14 - Virginia Tech, Corey Booker
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    #20 - Virginia Tech, Corey Booker

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    Dan Rather hosts coverage of the Virginia Tech killings from Blacksburg, Virginia. Also, Corey Booker, Newark, New Jersey's 37-year-old Mayor and his mission to change the image of the city.

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  21. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 15 - Exodus
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    #21 - Exodus

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    Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis are fleeing their country to Syria in search of safety. But that's not their final stop. Many are being smuggled to Europe and beyond.

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  22. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 16 - Toxic Trailers
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    #22 - Toxic Trailers

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    Some of the thousands of people along the Gulf Coast still living in travel trailers say formaldehyde used to build the campers is making them sick. Also, take a ride on the straight talk express as Dan Rather sits down with Republican presidential hopeful John Mc Cain.

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  23. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 17 - Civilians at War
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    #23 - Civilians at War

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    Tens of thousands of American citizens are serving their country in Iraq as civilian contractors. They are the untold story of the war with hundreds killed and wounded. Also, why aren't there more African Americans playing major league baseball, and on the anniversary of the Kent State shooting, a professor who witnessed the event and now teaches about it.

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  24. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 18 - Green Scare
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    #24 - Green Scare

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    Some Muslims and Arab Americans complain this country is returning to the McCarthy era and the red scare.

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  25. Dan Rather Reports Season 2 Episode 19 - Where Are the Bees?
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    #25 - Where Are the Bees?

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    Dan Rather Reports learns of amazing new discoveries scientists and the government are making in the quest for why bees are dying. Also, more on the story of formaldehyde gas in trailers provided to hurricane victims. And, immigrants talk about what new legislation pending in congress would mean to them.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Coming Home" is the best rated episode of "Dan Rather Reports". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/14/2006. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Best Congress Money Can Buy".