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Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove
Melody Barnes
Season 1
Episode 105
Melody Barnes, Executive Director of the Karsh Institute for Democracy and former director of the White House Domestic Policy Council for Barack Obama, offers her thoughts on civics education, faith in government, and the presidency of Joe Biden.
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