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UNC BOG Selects Margaret Spellings For UNC System President

WUNC News | By Frank Stasio
Published October 23, 2015 at 12:27 PM EDT
Margaret Spellings, former U.S. Secretary of Education under George W. Bush, has been tabbed as the next UNC system president.
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Margaret Spellings, former U.S. Secretary of Education under George W. Bush, has been tabbed as the next UNC system president.
Political Junkie Ken Rudin
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TheUNCBoard of Governors makes their selection for a new university system president. 

Former U.S. Department of Education secretary Margaret Spellings is the president-elect, chosen to replace outgoing president Tom Ross who was forced to resign earlier this year. Spellings served in the George W. Bush administration.

Political Junkie Ken Rudin

And on the national stage, former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton testified before a House committee on the Benghazi attacks.

In the race for the White House, Vice-President Joe Biden announced he will not seek the office. And Lincoln Chafee drops out of the race while candidate Jim Webb says he will not run on the Democratic ticket.

Host Frank Stasio talks with political junkie Ken Rudin about the latest. 

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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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