Analyzing primary election results, the Pentagon's budget cuts and "Is Washington Broken?"

August 13, 2010 Washington Week with The Atlantic

Premiered August 13, 2010
August 13, 2010

Reading the tea leaves on this week's primary election results, the uproar about Defense Secretary Robert Gates cutting his budget and a look at whether Washington works. Joining Gwen: Dan Balz of the Washington Post, Charles Babington of the Associated Press, Nancy Youssef of McClatchy Newspapers, and Todd Purdum of Vanity Fair.

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Washington Week with The Atlantic

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