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Ted Koppel looks back at the 1979 Iran hostage crisis
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"Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel reflects on how the U.S. government, and the media, reacted to the 1979 kidnapping of Americans in Tehran, whose 444-day ordeal had unpredictable repercussions.