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Radio 4,26 Aug 1988,15 mins

Dan Quayle for vice president

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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Alistair Cooke reflects on why George H W Bush may have chosen Dan Quayle as vice-presidential candidate, and the constitutional powers of the vice president's role.

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