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    The Bhutto Assassination and the '08 Presidential Race

    With less than a week before Iowa voters begin the selection process that will deliver the presidential nominees to the Democrat and Republican parties, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto has suddenly entered the mix of issues to which the candidates must react.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Lawrence O'Donnell • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    With less than a week before Iowa voters begin the selection process that will deliver the presidential nominees to the Democrat and Republican parties, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto has suddenly entered the mix of issues to which the candidates must react.

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      Lawrence O'Donnell

      MSNBC

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      Dan Konecky

      Producer, To the Point

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      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      McClatchy Newspapers

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      Dan Schnur

      Professor of Politics and Communications, USC

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      Ed Kilgore

      political columnist at New York Magazine, and former Democratic strategist

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