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Roundup

5-14-08

Gore Vidal on the Bush presidency, history and the 'United States of Amnesia' [video 34min]

With a career spanning more than six decades, Gore Vidal is one of America's most respected writers and thinkers. He has authored more than twenty novels and five plays. His latest book is Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir.

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