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Shields and Brooks on Government Scandals, Remembering Watergate

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JUDY WOODRUFF: And to the analysis of Shields and Brooks. That is syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. So, gentlemen, it’s only been one week, but it’s been three giant headaches for the Obama administration, for the president. David, let’s take them one by one…

Covering Watergate: 40 Years Later With MacNeil And Lehrer

ROBERT MACNEIL, 1973: Good evening from Washington. In a few moments, we’re going to bring you the entire proceedings in the first day of the Senate Watergate hearings — hearings to bear the truth about the wide range of illegal, unethical or improper activities established or still merely alleged.