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Massachusetts governor names a new senator

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Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is expected to appoint former Democratic National Committee Chairman Paul G. Kirk to fill Sen. Ted Kennedy’s vacant seat later this morning. Frank Phillips of the Boston Globe joins us with the details of the nomination.

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