The Political Week Ahead

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 7, 2011

A budget showdown and questions about the US military response to unrest in Libya looms large this week. Jonathan Alter, correspondent for Newsweek and the author of The Promise: President Obama, Year One, previews the week in politics ahead.

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