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'Friendly Fire' Hearing Concludes

By Lynn Neary
Published January 22, 2003 at 11:00 PM CST

A hearing to determine if two American pilots will be court-martialed for dropping a bomb that killed four Canadian troops in Afghanistan has ended. Majs. Harry Schmidt and William Umbach now await a decision. NPR's Lynn Neary talks to Derek Stoffel of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation who's been covering the hearing.

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Lynn Neary is an NPR arts correspondent covering books and publishing.
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