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Face time with the President

By now, most of us have heard about Cindy Sheehan. Her son was killed in action in Iraq last year. Over the last few weeks, she camped in Crawford, Texas, near the President Bush's ranch, trying to get an explanation. But what will a few minutes of "face time" with the President really accomplish? We go back to a spring night in 1970 for some answers. In the heat of the Vietnam War, President Nixon had an impromptu meeting with anti-war protestors. Weekend America substitute host Alex Cohen interviews Lauree Moss, one of the protestors who talked to Nixon that night. Then Weekend America host Bill Radke talks to historian Richard Reeves about why a President would want to have a meeting like that.
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