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Aspen Ideas Festival 2008

The 2008 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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Aspen Ideas Festival 2008

George Washington's obssession with the West

Broadcast: Midday, 07/24/2008, 12:00 p.m.

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Joel Achenbach, author of "The Grand Idea: George Washington's Potomac and the Race to the West," talked about George Washington and his vision for America at this summer's Aspen Ideas Festival.

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  • Joel Achenbach: Staff writer for The Washington Post and author of "The Grand Idea: George Washington's Potomac and the Race to the West."

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