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Vault: December 29, 1989

Washington Week with The Atlantic
Air Date: 01/04/11 | Rating: NR

In the final broadcast of 1989, a look back at the decade of the 80s and the lasting impressions, from the Reagan Revolution to the fall of Communism and the advent of new technology.

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December 30, 2011
S2011 Ep3640 | 24m 55s
Air Date: 12/30/11 | Rating: NR

A preview of the Iowa Caucuses; how will retirements affect 2012 elections in Congress?

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December 23, 2011
S2011 Ep3570 | 24m 53s
Air Date: 12/23/11 | Rating: NR

A look back at 2011 in economy, politics, foreign policy, and more. What's ahead in 2012?

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December 16, 2011
S2011 Ep3500 | 24m 45s
Air Date: 12/16/11 | Rating: NR

The Iraq War ends; the Iowa GOP debate; Congress tries to avert a government shutdown.

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December 9, 2011
S2011 Ep3430 | 22m 17s
Air Date: 12/09/11 | Rating: NR

Gingrich soars past Romney in early primary states, and Obama pushes payroll tax cuts.

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December 2, 2011
S2011 Ep3360 | 23m 11s
Air Date: 12/02/11 | Rating: NR

Unemployment rate fell and GOP Candidates face ups and downs on the campaign trail.

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November 25, 2011
S2011 Ep3290 | 24m 20s
Air Date: 11/25/11 | Rating: NR

The supercommittee fails; The GOP candidates debate national security and foreign policy

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November 18, 2011
S2011 Ep3220 | 24m 21s
Air Date: 11/18/11 | Rating: NR

U.S. foreign policy and politics; Gingrich surge in polls; Supercommittee, SCOTUS

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November 11, 2011
S2011 Ep3150 | 24m 22s
Air Date: 11/11/11 | Rating: NR

GOP debate; Cain controversy, Perry's "oops", abortion rights, Euro debt crisis.

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November 4, 2011
S2011 Ep3080 | 24m 21s
Air Date: 11/04/11 | Rating: NR

Herman Cain harassment scandal; G20 and Greece's troubled economy, U.S. economic issues.

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October 28, 2011
S2011 Ep3010 | 24m 22s
Air Date: 10/28/11 | Rating: NR

Cain surges, Perry slips, Obama on the trail and the deficit reduction clock ticks

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October 21, 2011
S2011 Ep2940 | 24m 20s
Air Date: 10/21/11 | Rating: NR

Gadhafi is dead; troop withdrawal from Iraq, GOP presidential debates

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October 14, 2011
S2011 Ep2870 | 24m 21s
Air Date: 10/14/11 | Rating: NR

Analysis of GOP presidential race; What's next for Obama's jobs plan & Iran's plot.

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October 7, 2011
S2011 Ep2800 | 24m 20s
Air Date: 10/07/11 | Rating: NR

GOP race sans Christie or Palin; GOP fundraising; Obama defends Jobs Act; SCOTUS preview.

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September 30, 2011
S2011 Ep2730 | 24m 21s
Air Date: 09/30/11 | Rating: NR

Chris Christie considers run; Obama-allies tension; stopgap bill; Al-Qaeda leader dead.

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September 23, 2011
S2011 Ep2660 | 24m 21s
Air Date: 09/23/11 | Rating: NR

Obama's deficit reduction plan; Palestine at UN; Congressional infighting; GOP debate

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September 16, 2011
S2011 Ep2590 | 24m 16s
Air Date: 09/16/11 | Rating: NR

Obama's push to pass his jobs plan; poverty in America; analysis of the Tea Party debate.

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Vault: September 13, 2001
S2011 Ep2510 | 29m 28s
Air Date: 09/08/11 | Rating: NR

A Special Edition of Washington Week two days after the attacks of September 11, 2001.

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Vault: September 12, 2001
S2011 Ep2490 | 29m 5s
Air Date: 09/06/11 | Rating: NR

A Special Edition of Washington Week the night after the attacks of September 11, 2001.

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September 11, 2001
S2011 Ep2480 | 21m 32s
Air Date: 09/05/11 | Rating: NR

A Special Edition of Washington Week the night of the attacks on September 11, 2001.

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September 2, 2011
S2011 Ep2450 | 24m 17s
Air Date: 09/02/11 | Rating: NR

August unemployment, Obama's job speech, disaster funding and GOP fundraising.

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August 26, 2011
S2011 Ep2380 | 24m 10s
Air Date: 08/26/11 | Rating: NR

Rebels take Tripoli, Gadhafi's on the run, Perry is in the lead, and Bernake's remarks.

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August 19, 2011
S2011 Ep2310 | 24m 17s
Air Date: 08/19/11 | Rating: NR

The panel discusses unemployment, the economy, and 2012 GOP politics.

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From the Vault: August 20, 1999
S2011 Ep2290 | 6m 22s
Air Date: 08/17/11 | Rating: NR

George W. Bush won the Ames Straw Poll in 1999.

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August 12, 2011
S2011 Ep2240 | 21m 40s
Air Date: 08/12/11 | Rating: NR

Analysis on the GOP debate and preview of the straw poll. Wall Street and the economy.

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August 5, 2011
S2011 Ep2170 | 22m 5s
Air Date: 08/05/11 | Rating: NR

How did the economy get to this point & how will the debt deal effect the 2012 elections?

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July 29, 2011
S2011 Ep2100 | 24m 15s
Air Date: 07/29/11 | Rating: NR

Days before the debt deadline, Washington is still deadlocked. When will it end?

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From the Vault: March 4, 1994
S2011 Ep2080 | 1m 37s
Air Date: 07/27/11 | Rating: NR

In 94, Washington Week discussed the Senate's failure to pass a balanced budget amendment

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July 22, 2011
S2011 Ep2030 | 24m 41s
Air Date: 07/22/11 | Rating: NR

Debt talks collapse--new talks scheduled for Saturday. Can a deal be struck?

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From the Vault: May 14, 1993
S2011 Ep1990 | 5m 50s
Air Date: 07/18/11 | Rating: NR

May 14, 1993 panelist Gloria Borger predicts political deadlock in the Senate.

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July 15, 2011
S2011 Ep1960 | 24m 15s
Air Date: 07/15/11 | Rating: NR

Behind the closed-door debt talk negotiations at the White House.

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From the Vault: December 22, 1995
S2011 Ep1940 | 4m 16s
Air Date: 07/13/11 | Rating: NR

Did the 95' government shutdown prophesy the political outcome of the 2011 budget battle?

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July 8, 2011
S2011 Ep1890 | 24m 17s
Air Date: 07/08/11 | Rating: NR

New unemployment numbers, the debt ceiling debate continues, plus 2012 GOP fundraising.

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July 1, 2011
S2011 Ep1820 | 24m 52s
Air Date: 07/01/11 | Rating: NR

Economic implications of debt battle, Bachmann's pres. campaign, SCOTUS term wraps up

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From the Vault, June 27, 1997
S2011 Ep1800 | 6m 47s
Air Date: 06/29/11 | Rating: NR

A look back at the end of SCOTUS' term in 97' with 16-opinions released in the final week.

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June 24, 2011
S2011 Ep1750 | 24m 51s
Air Date: 06/24/11 | Rating: NR

Obama's troop withdrawal plan, SCOTUS Wal-Mart ruling & a new face in the 2012 GOP field.

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June 17, 2011
S2011 Ep1680 | 25m 46s
Air Date: 06/17/11 | Rating: NR

GOP debate analysis ; Robert Gates set to leave the Pentagon; Debt ceiling & budget talks.

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Vault: October 6, 2006
S2011 Ep1640 | 8m 13s
Air Date: 06/13/11 | Rating: NR

In this week's Vault, some parallels between Rep. Anthony Weiner and Rep. Mark Foley

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June 10, 2011
S2011 Ep1610 | 22m 16s
Air Date: 06/10/11 | Rating: NR

Newt Gingrich's staff resigns; Weiner's online scandal; future of Afghanistan

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June 3, 2011
S2011 Ep1540 | 22m 15s
Air Date: 06/03/11 | Rating: NR

Rising unemployment; the debt ceiling debate; the 2012 GOP field

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Vault: July 12, 1996
S2011 Ep1430 | 3m 53s
Air Date: 05/23/11 | Rating: NR

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke for the first time before Congress in 1996

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May 20, 2011
S2011 Ep1400 | 24m 50s
Air Date: 05/20/11 | Rating: NR

The 2012 GOP field; campaign fundraising; Obama's Mideast peace plan; the IMF fallout

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May 13, 2011
S2011 Ep1330 | 24m 51s
Air Date: 05/13/11 | Rating: NR

Strained relations with Pakistan; Future of war in Afghanistan; Barack Obama and GOP 2012

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May 6, 2011
S2011 Ep1260 | 24m 50s
Air Date: 05/06/11 | Rating: NR

US and world reacts to the death of Osama bin laden.

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December 19, 2003
S2011 Ep1240 | 7m 19s
Air Date: 05/04/11 | Rating: NR

We look back at the capture of Saddam Hussein after the capture of Osama bin Laden.

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April 29, 2011
S2011 Ep1190 | 24m 51s
Air Date: 04/29/11 | Rating: NR

National security moves; Guantanamo leaks; Obama's birth certificate; Bernanke's Presser

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April 3, 1992
S2011 Ep1170 | 7m 5s
Air Date: 04/27/11 | Rating: NR

In 1992, another celebrity businessman also thought of running for president.

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April 22, 2011
S2011 Ep1120 | 24m 50s
Air Date: 04/22/11 | Rating: NR

Politics of gas prices; stalemate in Libya; the U.S. deficit debate; new poll numbers

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April 15, 2011
S2011 Ep1050 | 24m 52s
Air Date: 04/15/11 | Rating: NR

Analysis of the budget plans proposed by the President and the GOP to reduce the deficit.

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April 8, 2011
S2011 Ep980 | 24m 51s
Air Date: 04/08/11 | Rating: NR

Spending cut deal; Government shutdown; Congressional budget battle

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Vault: November 17, 1995
S2011 Ep960 | 13m 4s
Air Date: 04/06/11 | Rating: NR

Four days in the government shutdown of 1995 the arguments were similar.

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April 1, 2011
S2011 Ep910 | 24m 20s
Air Date: 04/01/11 | Rating: NR

The economy; Congressional budget battle; conflict in Libya; 2012 election

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Vault: April 23, 1993
S2011 Ep890 | 5m 52s
Air Date: 03/30/11 | Rating: NR

A look at the 1993 debate over intervening in Bosnia, echoing arguments over Libya today.

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March 25, 2011
S2011 Ep840 | 24m 18s
Air Date: 03/25/11 | Rating: NR

The political, military, economic and diplomatic consequence of military action in Libya.

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March 18, 2011
S2011 Ep770 | 21m 43s
Air Date: 03/18/11 | Rating: NR

U.N. and U.S. threaten Gadhafi with military action; nuclear and economic crisis in Japan

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Friday, March 11, 2011
S2011 Ep700 | 21m 43s
Air Date: 03/11/11 | Rating: NR

Earthquake in Japan, Gas Prices and Libya; Federal Budget, Remembering David Broder

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March 4, 2011
S2011 Ep630 | 21m 43s
Air Date: 03/04/11 | Rating: NR

Congressional budget battles, Violence in Libya, The Supreme Court

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Vault: Dec 30, 1983
S2011 Ep610 | 7m 53s
Air Date: 03/02/11 | Rating: NR

Organized labor made concessions to save jobs in the 80s, similar to today.

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February 25, 2011
S2011 Ep560 | 24m 18s
Air Date: 02/25/11 | Rating: NR

Libya's violence; state and federal budgets; political polarization; no defense of DOMA

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February 18, 2011
S2011 Ep490 | 24m 21s
Air Date: 02/18/11 | Rating: NR

Spreading unrest in Bahrain, budget crisis.

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February 4, 2011
S2011 Ep350 | 24m 19s
Air Date: 02/04/11 | Rating: NR

As violence erupts in the Egypt, the U.S. continues to pressure the Mubarak government.

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Vault: March 16, 1979
S2011 Ep330 | 10m 1s
Air Date: 02/02/11 | Rating: NR

In 1979, on the eve of the historic Israeli/Egyptian peace accord, this episode aired.

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January 28, 2011
S2011 Ep280 | 24m 18s
Air Date: 01/28/11 | Rating: NR

The latest on the protests in Egypt, and analysis of the State of the Union

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The Vault : January 31, 1992
S2011 Ep250 | 11m 46s
Air Date: 01/25/11 | Rating: NR

George H.W. Bush's final State of the Union.

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January 21, 2011
S2011 Ep210 | 24m 11s
Air Date: 01/21/11 | Rating: NR

The Chinese state visit, the GOP attacks health care, and retiring senators.

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January 14, 2011
S2011 Ep140 | 24m 10s
Air Date: 01/14/11 | Rating: NR

The panel reflects on the tragedy in Tucson and political impact.

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Vault: September 28, 1995
S2011 Ep110 | 14m 33s
Air Date: 01/11/11 | Rating: NR

The week after the Oklahoma City bombing, the panel examines the event.

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January 7, 2011
S2011 Ep70 | 24m 7s
Air Date: 01/07/11 | Rating: NR

GOP takes control of the house, led by new speaker Boehner; Obama shakes up his staff.

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Vault: December 29, 1989
S2011 Ep40 | 12m 39s
Air Date: 01/04/11 | Rating: NR

The panel looks back at the 1980s.

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