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There and Back Again

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 16, 2011

The EPA faces pushback from GOP lawmakers who don’t agree with new, tougher regulations on greenhouse gas emissions. Clean air chief Gina McCarthy of the EPA discusses what’s next for the agency and the Clean Air Act. Plus: City Council Speaker Christine Quinn on cyber-bullying and other city news; Gideon Rose of Foreign Affairs magazine on the details of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s trip abroad; and saying goodbye to The Boy Who Lived. 

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