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Obama And FDR: Similar Challenges

Barack Obama and Franklin Delano Roosevelt faced similar challenges 10 months into their presidencies. Guy Raz talks to Jonathan Alter, author of The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope. Full Article at NPR

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