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Radio 4,12 Jun 1998,15 mins

El Niño making Congress restless

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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Considering religious freedom, anti-Catholic feeling, same-sex marriage, El Niño and renaming schools named after slave owners as Congress tidies around the edges of major issues.

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