Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy's life in American politics

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

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🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy knows what it’s like to fly with presidents. Kimberly Atkins Stohr hears about his life in American politics.

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0:18.9	This is on point.
0:26.3	I'm Kimberly Atkins' store.
0:28.4	Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy is the Senate's most senior member.
0:32.8	First elected in 1974 as one of the so-called Watergate babies
0:37.6	to clean up national politics and bring the country together,
0:41.2	he has now decided it's time to retire.
0:43.9	And Senator Leahy has written a new memoir
0:46.1	recounting his long career in American politics.
0:49.5	It's called The Road Taken.
0:51.6	Senator Leahy joins us now from Washington DC.
0:55.0	Senator, welcome to On Point.
0:58.1	Well, thank you Kimberly.
0:59.6	I am delighted to have the opportunity.
1:02.5	So let's talk about this arc of your career.
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