Tamara Keith

Tamara Keith appears in the following:

Composer Sets Politics To Music In Scoring Campaign Ads

Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Composer Todd Hahn says at the peak of a campaign season he scores as many as 18 ads a day. Over the course of his career, he figures he's done nearly 15,000.

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GOP Candidates Address Forum On Addiction In New Hampshire

Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Whatever happens in the state with the first primary becomes big news in presidential elections. New Hampshire has an addiction epidemic. The issue is now being discussed on the campaign trial.

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Bill Clinton Hits The Campaign Trail For His Wife In New Hampshire

Monday, January 04, 2016

With just weeks before the first votes are cast, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton unleashes her husband on the campaign trail in New Hampshire. Bill Clinton remains a...

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Retracing Where Hillary Clinton Grew Up, 1950s Park Ridge, Ill.

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

The place someone calls home can say a lot about a person. Our political team went looking for Hillary Clinton's home in the suburbs of Chicago. (This piece initially aired on June 16, 2015, on ATC.)

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Portraits Of Those Killed By Heroin Bring Healing And Awareness

Sunday, December 27, 2015

When Jackie Zanfagna died last year at 25 years old, her parents did something bold. In the first sentence of her obituary they acknowledge what killed her: an accidental overdose of heroin.

Now her mom Anne Marie Zanfagna is pouring her grief out onto canvas and in the ...

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Encore: Born A City Kid, Bernie Sanders Drifted To The Green Mountain State

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Bernie Sanders grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., but the 73-year-old has called Vermont home for almost his entire adult life. This story originally aired on June 20, 2015 on Weekend Edition Saturday.

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'Tranquility' Is A Way Station On Iowa's Campaign Trail

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Presidential campaigns involve hundreds of paid staff and thousands of volunteers. A critical element is supporter housing. Kurt Meyer opens his home to campaign employees, volunteers and candidates.

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Donald Trump Slams Hillary Clinton Using Crude Slang Term

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Donald Trump used some colorful slang Monday night when describing Hillary Clinton's loss to Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic primary. Some are interpreting the Republican presidential candidate's language as sexist.

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What To Watch For In The Last Democratic Debate In 2015

Saturday, December 19, 2015

The third Democratic presidential primary is tonight in Manchester, New Hampshire. NPR White House Correspondent Tamara Keith has a preview.

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How To Ace A Debate? Ask The Pros Behind The Politicians

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Election campaigns are scripted. Every TV ad, every email, every stump speech, every meet-and-greet: It's all planned down to the most minute detail.

And then, there are the debates. The debate stage can create breakout moments that go down in political history — but even the most well-practiced one-liners can ...

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Sanders Campaign: DNC Blocking Voter Data Is Overkill, Breach Of Contract

Friday, December 18, 2015

The senator's campaign confirms a member of its staff accessed the proprietary voter files of Clinton's campaign thanks to "incompetence of the vendor." Her campaign is calling it "unacceptable."

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Cruz-Rubio Immigration Battle Dates Back To 2013 Bill

Thursday, December 17, 2015

During the GOP presidential debate Tuesday night, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio spat about immigration, an argument that dates back to a 2013 debate when the two men were freshman senators.

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Why The Politics Of The 'Star Wars' Universe Makes No Sense

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Unless you've spent the past year or so in an ice cave on Hoth — or have the misfortune of living on a planet farthest from the bright center of the universe — you're probably aware there's a new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, coming out on Friday.

The ...

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#NPRreads: 3 Stories To Linger Over This Weekend

Saturday, December 12, 2015

#NPRreads is a weekly feature on Twitter and on The Two-Way. The premise is simple: Correspondents, editors and producers from our newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading, using the #NPRreads hashtag. Each weekend, we highlight some of the best stories.

From White House correspondent Tamara Keith:
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Bernie Sanders Has Stuck To The Same Message For 40 Years

Friday, December 11, 2015

The senator has built his political career on decrying a rigged economy. NPR found audio dating back to 1976 that is nearly indistinguishable from 2015 when it comes to this message.

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Christmas At The White House, Where You'll Want To Hang That Snowflake Just Right

Saturday, December 05, 2015

The White House is decked out with 62 Christmas trees and more than 70,000 ornaments — ready for what will be tens of thousands of visitors in the coming weeks.

Most of the decorating is done each year by volunteers from all over the country who apply for the chance ...

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Obama On Access To Weapons: 'It's Just Too Easy'

Thursday, December 03, 2015

President Obama spoke Thursday, calling for thoughts and prayers for the victims of Wednesday's shooting in San Bernardino, and saying "we all have a part to play" in preventing such violence.

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Obama Reacts To Mass Shooting In San Bernardino, Calif.

Wednesday, December 02, 2015

When asked about the shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., President Obama said there is a pattern of mass shootings in the U.S. that has "no parallel anywhere else in the world."

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Hillary Clinton Volunteer Shares Her Path To The Campaign

Wednesday, December 02, 2015

As part of our ongoing series Snapshots 2016, NPR catches up with 31-year-old Farrah Farley, a volunteer with the Clinton campaign. She shares her path to volunteering for Clinton in New Hampshire.

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In Paris, Obama Is 'Optimistic' About Fighting Climate Change

Tuesday, December 01, 2015

After attending international climate negotiations, the president said, "I think the issue is just going to be the pace, and how much damage is done before we are able to fully apply the brakes."

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