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Open Forum: The Middle East with James Ketterer

WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Published June 9, 2015 at 11:11 AM EDT

Bard College Professor of Political Studies James Ketterer joins Alan in the studio to discuss politics and the Middle East.

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