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    Kathleen Sebelius on the Hot Seat, Obamacare under Fire

    President Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services was grilled for more than three hours today on Capitol Hill. Kathleen Sebelius apologized to the American people and vowed to solve the problems of Healthcare.gov -- but Republicans were not cutting her any slack.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    President Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services was grilled for more than three hours today on Capitol Hill. Kathleen Sebelius apologized to the American people and vowed to solve the problems of Healthcare.gov -- but Republicans were not cutting her any slack. She took responsibility for the "debacle," but said the Affordable Care Act will be good for America. We hear excerpts from the proceedings and look at charges and counter-charges about President Obama and his most-prized achievement. Has he told the whole truth? Are Republicans attacking a plan that's of their own making?

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Charles Ornstein

      ProPublica

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      Ed O'Keefe

      CBS

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      Yuval Levin

      National Affairs magazine

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    The full episode

    1 of 2
    Kathleen Sebelius Grilled on Capitol Hill
    1. 0:00Kathleen Sebelius on the Hot Seat, Obamacare under FireYou’re reading this
    2. 42:06The Complicated Relationship between Bush and Cheney
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