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After Long Debt Battle, Is Current Version of U.S....

Clip: 8/3/2011 | 9m 14s

After Long Debt Battle, Is Current Version of U.S. Government Sustainable?

After many months of heated debate, Washington was finally able to compromise on a debt deal to avert a government default this week. Judy Woodruff discusses how the battle over the debt ceiling compares to other politically polarized times with Yale University's Beverly Gage and Harvard University's David King.

08/03/2011

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