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Daily Video October 23 2015

Hillary Clinton defends response to 2012 Benghazi attack
Hillary Clinton was in the hot seat in the U.S. Capitol Thursday, testifying before the Select Committee on Benghazi about the 2012 attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya.
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Daily Video October 22 2015

Vice President Biden decides not to run for president in 2016
Vice President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he will not run for the presidency in the 2016 election.
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Daily Video October 20 2015

Politics Monday: Biden for president? Why doesn’t anyone want to be House Speaker?
Speculation continued this week over whether Vice President Joe Biden will enter the Democratic race for president and whether Republican Paul Ryan will run for the embattled Speaker of the House position.
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Daily Video October 09 2015

U.S. House of Representatives scrambles to find a new Speaker
Rep. Kevin McCarthy shocked Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives by unexpectedly dropping out of the race for Speaker of the House.
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Daily Video September 15 2015

Presidential candidates travel the country courting voters
As GOP candidates prepare for the second Republican debate on Wednesday, Democratic candidates saw a recent shift in the polls that could spell trouble for frontrunner Hillary Clinton.
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Daily Video September 04 2015

Kentucky clerk sent to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses
A county clerk in Kentucky went to jail Thursday for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Post July 01 2015

Five things your class needs to know about U.S.-Iranian relations
  By Gabby Shacknai Iran’s nuclear program has been a point of international attenti…
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Daily Video April 13 2015

Hillary Clinton announces run for president
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Sunday that she is running for president.
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Lesson Plan January 22 2015

YouTube stars interview President Obama - Class Activity
As part of his State of the Union strategy, President Barack Obama answered questions from a new cr…
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Lesson Plan January 21 2015

YouTube stars interview President Obama - Resources
By Katie Gould, PBS NewsHour Extra Teacher Resource Producer Building off his 2015 State of …
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