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Radio 4,10 Jan 1997,15 mins

The Speaker of the House

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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The various roles of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the future of Newt Gingrich following his guilty plea to the charge of misinforming the subcommittee in 1997.

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