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Student Loans: Does Public Money Need Private Administration?

When the House passed the reconciliation bill Sunday, healthcare wasn’t the only subject. Also included was a massive overhaul of the student-loan program.  Republicans call it a government takeover.  What will saving more than $60 billion mean for struggling students?  Also, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu tests President Obama’s White House diplomacy, and drugs and guns in the US and Mexico.

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By Warren Olney • Mar 24, 2010 • 50m Listen

When the House passed the reconciliation bill Sunday, healthcare wasn’t the only subject. Also included was a massive overhaul of the student-loan program. Republicans call it a government takeover. What will saving more than $60 billion mean for struggling students? Also, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu tests President Obama’s White House diplomacy, and three US cabinet officers, the head of intelligence and the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff all spent yesterday in Mexico.

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