The Newt Gingrich Years
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As Gingrich announces presidential run, a look back at his career
With the announcement this week that Republican Newt Gingrich will be running for President in 2010, we look back to his sometimes tumultuous tenure as House Speaker in the 1990's beginning the week of GOP landslide in the mid-term elections of 1994 on the heels of the Contract with America.
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The Newt Gingrich Years
Special | 18m 32s
With the announcement this week that Republican Newt Gingrich will be running for President in 2010, we look back to his sometimes tumultuous tenure as House Speaker in the 1990's beginning the week of GOP landslide in the mid-term elections of 1994 on the heels of the Contract with America.
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