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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Season 2012 Episode 1430

Tonight on the program, we examine the ongoing presidential campaign and how presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is handling his record at Bain Capital. Also: SpaceX launches the first successful commerical space rocket, Joplin, MO remembers its deadly tornado one year later, examining violence in Pakistan, and Andrew Delbanco talks his new book on the future of colleges.

Aired: 05/21/12
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Federal Reserve cuts interest rates amid mixed economic data and divisions in its ranks
U.S. seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, escalating tensions with Maduro
Reconnecting with people in the U.S. to see how political divisions are affecting them
Syrian filmmaker gives an inside look at her return home after the fall of Assad regime
What the end of a Biden-era student loan program means for borrowers
News Wrap: Judge halts National Guard deployments in Los Angeles
Trump’s affordability speech turns into a rant against immigrants
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