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Does Biden’s cabinet ‘look like America’? Politics Weekly Extra

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Apr 23, 2021

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Joe Biden promised to build the most diverse administration in history. So how did he do? Jonathan Freedland talks to Paul Begala, the former adviser to Bill Clinton. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

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