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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Season 2012 Episode 1090 | 54m 35s

Tonight on the program, we examine the fallout from photos published of soldiers posing with dead Afghan insurgents. Also: President Obama and Mitt Romney's battle for the Latino vote, a public rebuke over CEO pay by Citigroup shareholders, and a debate with authors Ann Patchett and Lev Grossman on why there's no Pulitzer Prize for fiction this year.

Aired: 04/17/12 | Expires: 05/18/12
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