Making Sense of It

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 16, 2012

Area officials are requesting federal aid for rebuilding efforts after Sandy. WNYC reporter Anna Sale explains what the region is likely to get from Washington. Plus: Wired's Spencer Ackerman on what you need to know about what happened in Benghazi and the Petraeus affair; Dan Murphy of the Christian Science Monitor on the latest between Gaza and Israel; and the toll of solitary confinement.

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