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Laton McCartney on Teapot Dome [audio 51min]

Laton McCartney is interviewed about his book The Teapot Dome Scandal (Random House), discussing the story behind one of the most infamous incidents in American political history and its lessons for Washington today. McCartney is a business, finance, and political journalist, and author of Friends in High Places and Across the Great Divide.
Read entire article at WAMU "The Diane Rehm Show"