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Pew Survey: 3/4 of Americans Don't Trust the Government

Clip: 1/31/2013 | 5m 1s

New Pew Survey Finds Three-Quarters of Americans Don't Trust the Government

A new survey from the Pew Research Center finds the nation is increasingly distrustful of the federal government: 73 percent don't have faith that lawmakers -- members of Congress in particular -- will do the right thing. Judy Woodruff asks Andy Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center, for more details and historical context.

01/31/2013

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