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Bentsen Remembered as Towering Political Figure [audio 3min]

Former Texas congressman, senator, Treasury secretary and vice-presidential candidate Lloyd Bentsen has died at his home in Houston. He was 85. Steve Inskeep talks with Wayne Slater, a reporter who covered Bentsen's career. Slater is Austin bureau chief of the Dallas Morning News.
Read entire article at NPR "Morning Edition"