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White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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The 2007 Ideas Festival, sponsored by the Aspen Institute and Atlantic Magazine gathered scientists, artists, politicians, historians, educators, activists, and other great thinkers for a week in early July. MPR's Midday broadcast several of the presentations.

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Rove defends the president's policies


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With President Bush's approval ratings hovering at record lows, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove offered a spirited defense of the president's policies on everything from Iraq to immigration at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Sunday.

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