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Government Shutdown Endgame: Last Minute Strategy Details

A dramatic 11th-hour intervention by Obama? A capitulation over the last few billions? With a shutdown imminent, Daniel Stone reports on the president's attempt to style himself as a mediator—and the Republicans' efforts to seize the narrative.

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