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The Wheelhouse: What Happened to Slow News Summers?

Connecticut Public Radio
Published July 31, 2013 at 11:59 AM EDT
Chion Wolf

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Secretary of State John Kerry is only six-months into his new job - and he’s brought two major opponents together in Washington.

"We’re here today because the Israeli people and the Palestinian people both have leaders willing to heed the call of history," said Kerry yesterday.

Today, it’s our weekly news roundtable The Wheelhouse and we talk with NPR’s longtime Political Junkie Ken Rudin about the peace talks, Congressional support for the NSA surveillance program, gridlock and more.

And have you ever heard a party-endorsed candidate launch a large petition campaign like Toni Harp?

We talk local politics with the New Haven Independent’s Paul Bass and Greg Hladky from the Hartford Advocate and New Haven Advocate.

We also check-in on Bridgeport with the CT Post's Brian Lockhart.
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