Lance Armstrong Drops Fight Against Doping Probe

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Lance Armstrong Drops Fight Against Doping Probe, Calling It 'Unconstitutional'

Seven-time winner of the Tour de France and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong was stripped of his titles and banned from professional cycling by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency after he announced he would no longer fight charges that he had taken performance-enhancing drugs. Jeffrey Brown reports.

AIR DATE 8/24/12

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