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Morning Newscast: April 2, 2008

Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.: House Speaker Gaye Symington is considering running for governor; one leading business group says it’s time to stop talking and start implementing an economic development strategy; Former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter returns to Vermont this week as part of the Peace and Justice Center’s events marking the 5-year anniversary of the War in Iraq.
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War critic Scott Ritter to visit Vermont Colleges

Former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter returns to Vermont this week as part of the Peace and Justice Center’s events marking the 5-year anniversary of the War in Iraq. Ritter was an early critic of the invasion of Iraq, believing the Bush administration ignored findings from weapons inspectors that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction.