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Kudos to Baier for Showing How to Handle Obama

Health care interview was 'startling and revealing'

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 19, 2010 5:30 AM CDT

(Newser) – Fox's Bret Baier performed a vital public service in his "startling and revealing" interview with President Obama on health care, writes Peggy Noonan. Unlike the vast majority of reporters, Baier refused to let Obama filibuster his way through the interview, and by doing so... Read full story »

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Kudos to Baier for Showing How to Handle Obama

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