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This is Post Reports.

I'm Martine Powers.

It's Thursday, June 13th.

Today how Bernie Sanders became mayor of Burlington, why Kim Jong-un has defied expectations

in North Korea and protests in Hong Kong.

Bernie Sanders, this guy who sounds like a Brooklyn guy, through and through, how does

he wind up in Vermont?

A lot of Vermonters asked themselves that same question.

This is Mark Fisher.

I'm senior editor of The Washington Post.

And recently, Mark has been looking into Senator Bernie Sanders early years in Vermont,

and specifically his four terms as mayor of Burlington.

Because that remains Sanders only experience in executive office.

And Mark figured that that experience could tell us about what Bernie Sanders could be

like as president.

So did you talk to Bernie Sanders about this time in his life?

No.

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