Washington Week with The Atlantic

July 8, 2011

07/08/2011 | 24m 17s

Discouraging June unemployment numbers help to frame the contentious debt ceiling negotiations. A look at GOP presidential hopefuls and their fundraising, and the White House changes course on acknowledging suicides in the military.

Aired: 07/08/11

Rating: NR

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