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Obama Administration on Egypt, Syria & NSA Surveillance

Special | 25m 26sVideo has Closed Captions

US influence in Egypt; chemical weapon use in Syria;NSA collects US emails; March on Washi

US economic and military aid to Egypt in question as Mubarak is released from prison; allegations of chemical weapons use by the Syrian government; the NSA illegally collected thousands of US emails; and a March on Washington retrospective fifty years later. Joining Gwen: Alexis Simendinger of Real Clear Politics, Tom Gjelten of NPR and Michael Fletcher of the Washington Post.

08/23/2013 | Rating NR

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Obama Administration on Egypt, Syria & NSA Surveillance

Special | 25m 26sVideo has Closed Captions

US economic and military aid to Egypt in question as Mubarak is released from prison; allegations of chemical weapons use by the Syrian government; the NSA illegally collected thousands of US emails; and a March on Washington retrospective fifty years later. Joining Gwen: Alexis Simendinger of Real Clear Politics, Tom Gjelten of NPR and Michael Fletcher of the Washington Post.

08/23/2013 | Rating NR

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