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California to celebrate my grandmother's 100th birthday. Her name is Ruth. Hello, NPR.

I appreciate everything that you do. This podcast was recorded at 11.42 AM on Friday, the first of March.

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You're also always so good at it.

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Like it's my own grandma telling me. That was the voice I needed after this week.

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Security clearances are back in the news. Michael Cohen testified before Congress. What happens next?

And as more 2020 hopefuls enter the race, candidates are wrestling with a big question. What about

reparations? I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House. I must ma call it political reporter.

I'm Susan Davis. I cover Congress. And I'm Danielle Kurtz. I've been political reporter.

Let us start with the big news that has been consuming Washington at least since approximately

last night, which is that there were two big stories from first the New York Times and then the

Washington Post about security clearances and the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner.

Danielle, fill us in. Okay. So the reporting from the New York Times says that

Trump ordered John Kelly, you remember John Kelly former Chief of Staff to give Jared Kushner

top secret security clearance. So what happened then was that Kelly was as the Times puts it

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