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Washington Week with The Atlantic

The Vault - February 2, 1973

Washington Week with The Atlantic is the longest-running primetime news and public affairs program on television. The show features a group of journalists participating in a roundtable discussion of major news events and can be found at 8pm ET on most local PBS stations.

The Vault - February 2, 1973

Season 1973 Episode 320 | 5m 58s

Early in 1973, despite Richard Nixon's landslide re-election just two months earlier, tensions were mounting between the President and the Democratic Congress. In fact, Mr. Nixon chose not to deliver a State of the Union address that year and instead sent a written message to Congress.

Major funding for “Washington Week with The Atlantic” is provided by Consumer Cellular, Otsuka, Kaiser Permanente, the Yuen Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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