meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 5/3/2009
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Photo from Flickr User DRB62 Up here in the plushly appointed press box, patrolled by grim looking security guards, the members of the press are paying varying levels of attention to the questions. In part, that's because some of the questions aren't really that relevant to ...
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