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THIS IS (call-letters). OUR SERIES OF FORUMS FROM THE KENNEDY LIBRARY CONTINUES NOW WITH “THE FIRST 100 DAYS.” JONATHAN ALTER, NEWSWEEK SENIOR EDITOR AND COLUMNIST; AND RICHARD PARKER, SENIOR FELLOW AT THE SHORENSTEIN CENTER AT HARVARD’S KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE EARLY DAYS OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY. HISTORIAN AND FORMER CLINTON SPEECH WRITER, TED WIDMER, MODERATES THE DISCUSSION. WE BEGIN WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY KENNEDY LIBRARY DIRECTOR, TOM PUTNAM...

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THIS IS (call-letters). YOU'VE JUST HEARD THE LATEST IN OUR SERIES OF FORUMS FROM THE KENNEDY LIBRARY. TONIGHT'S FORUM WAS TITLED “THE FIRST 100 DAYS,” AND FEATURED NEWSWEEK SENIOR EDITOR AND COLUMNIST, JONATHAN ALTER... AND HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT’S, RICHARD PARKER. MODERATING THE DISCUSSION WAS HISTORIAN AND FORMER CLINTON SPEECH WRITER, TED WIDME...
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