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Week In Politics Examined

from National Public Radio
May 1, 2009

This week, ailing automaker Chrysler declared bankruptcy, Supreme Court Justice David Souter said he was stepping down and Sen. Arlen Specter switched from the GOP to the Democratic Party. E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times discuss the week in politics.

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  • All Things Considered, May 1, 2009
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