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PBS News Hour

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Season 2012 Episode 2270 | 55m 30s

Tonight on the program, the Romney-Ryan and Obama-Biden candidates travel to key voter states to talk about energy policy and taxes. Also: guarding personal information from hackers and thieves, insurgency attacks rise against NATO and U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a new memoir from Allman Brothers Band's Gregg Allman, and remembering "Cosmo" editor Helen Gurley Brown.

Aired: 08/13/12 | Expires: 09/13/12
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