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Vice Presidents of the United States

The Role of the Vice President

Global Politics

Dick Cheney has been the most powerful VP in recent memory, and whoever gets the post next is unlikely to wield quite the influence that he has.

Walking the Brooklyn Bridge with David McCullough

Nation Building: Obama Echoes Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society

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Clinton for President

A Force For Nature

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Environment Takes Center Stage at DNC

From the Democratic presidential ticket to party up-and-comers, DNC speakers related jobs and national security to alternative energy and global warming.

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Health care battle: deja vu all over again

Global Politics

President Obama’s push to reform the nation’s health care system is not a new fight. We speak to James Morone, professor at Brown University and co-author of The Heart of Power: Health and Politics in the Oval Office, about waging war in Washington.

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