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Punting The Debt Ceiling Debate Down The Road

from National Public Radio
January 23, 2013

NPR's Political Junkie Ken Rudin recaps the week in politics, from Obama's inaugural address to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's testimony on Benghazi. Jack Pitney, political science professor at Claremont McKenna College, discusses the Republican decisions on the debt ceiling and the future of the Republican party.

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  • Talk of the Nation, January 23, 2013
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