Don Ritchie, Senate Historian Emeritus

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Donald Ritchie, historian emeritus of the U.S. Senate, talks about the influence of Drew Pearson’s muckraking “Washington Merry-Go-Round” columns, which derailed many political careers in Washington and drew the ire of every president from FDR to Nixon.
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Don Ritchie, Senate Historian Emeritus

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