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    Veto showdown over 9/11 liability bill

    President Obama is set to veto a bipartisan bill that would let families of 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia in American courts. Congress is poised to override that veto – the first time that's happened in the Obama presidency.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Todd Purdum • Sep 23, 2016 • 6m Listen

    President Obama is set to veto a bipartisan bill that would let families of 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia in American courts. Congress is poised to override that veto – the first time that's happened in the Obama presidency. Julie Hirschfeld Davis, White House correspondent for the New York Times, has more on why bill passed and the Administration's main objection to it.

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      Todd Purdum

      Politico

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Julie Hirschfeld Davis

      New York Times

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