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Robert Caro

From President Johnson to President Obama

Robert Caro  is the author of the multi-volume Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, “The Years of Lyndon Johnson.”   The most recent installment is entitled “The Passage of Power.” He sat down with The Takeaway’s John Hockenberry to reflect on the unique obstacles and successes President Johnson encountered in the Oval Office. This is the second part of a […]

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