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King: Workers on edge as they await GM's fate

 

Published 4/4/2009 by edhornick at CNN Political Ticker

Brenda Carter worked at a GM plant in Tennessee for 20 years before retiring. On CNN's "State of the Union," host and chief national correspondent John King goes outside the Beltway to report on the issues affecting communities across the country. This week, King traveled to Tennessee to see how the problems at General Motors are [...] (link)

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