Trump Stories: Kushner

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🗓️ 26 October 2017

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Jared Kushner has taken on a lot of responsibilities in the Trump White House, from tackling the opioid crisis to negotiating Middle East peace. But like many members of the administration, he has no previous government experience. In this episode, we examine Kushner's business dealings and his family's history to better understand how he might handle his government work. Follow Kelly McEvers on Twitter @kellymcevers, Chris Benderev @cbndrv, Tom Dreisbach @TomDreisbach, and the show @nprembedded. Email us at embedded@npr.org

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0:00.0	In 2014, we all heard this.
0:01.9	The United States of America is changing its relationship with the people of Cuba.
0:05.6	But Cubans heard something else.
0:06.9	A closing door, an end to their special status, and the race was on.
0:12.6	How a 90-mile journey by sea became a 3000-mile trip by land.
0:16.2	Find Raleon Wulante on the NPR-1 app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:20.9	I'm Kelly McEvers and this is Embedded.
0:23.2	Hello, hello. Can you hear me?
0:24.9	Hi, how are you?
0:25.6	Hey, I'm good. This is Kelly.
0:26.7	This is Daniel Golden.
0:28.4	Oh, this is the trip down memory lane here.
0:30.7	Oh, I remember the...
0:31.7	Love it.
0:32.2	I remember the caspersons.
0:34.2	Let's see, they gave money.
0:36.0	And back in 2003, he started doing all this reporting on how the children of wealthy people
0:42.5	were getting into these really good colleges and universities like Harvard
0:47.8	because their parents were making big donations.
0:51.5	And at one point, he gets this list.
0:54.4	I had been given by a source of mine a list of the 400 or so members of Harvard's committee
1:01.6	on university resources, which is its committee of sort of big donors, big prospective donors.
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