60 Minutes: June 22, 2008 Al Hurra; Plumpynut; Scarce Salmon Scott Pelley reports on the "Al Hurra", a Bush Administration creation for pro-American news broadcast in the Middle East. Instead of being a positive influence, it turns out to be terribly mismanaged and barely supervised. Half a billion dollars wasted? In a follow up to a previously aired stored, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper follows the miracle food that can save countless numbers of starving children. Why isn't Plumpynut being mass produced? Finally, in 2000 outlines were offered to save Pacific Northwest salmon. Lesley Stahl reports about why recovery of these valuable fish is now more out of reach than ever and estimated to cost nearly $10 billion to put in effect.

Starring:

Byron Pitts, Morley Safer, Steve Kroft, Lesley Stahl, Andrew Rooney, Scott Pelley, Ed Bradley, Bob Simon, Mike Wallace, Lara Logan, Anderson Cooper, Bill Whitaker, Norah O'Donnell, L. Jon Wertheim, Sharyn Alfonsi, John Dickerson

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Documentary