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OBAMA'S POLL NUMBERS| President Obama faces falling poll numbers with many Americans claiming they have lost faith in the president's ability to handle the economic crisis. Jim Lehrer talks to NewsHour Political Editor David Chalian about how to read these…

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OIL SPILL UPDATE| With hopes that a new containment cap installed on the broken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico will put an end to the oil leak, the Obama administration is pushing forward with a revised moratorium on…

U.S., RUSSIA COMPLETE SPY SWAP | In Austria on Thursday, the United States and Russia completed the largest exchange of spies since the Cold War. Judy Woodruff reports on the events that took place June 8 between the two countries.