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WUNCPolitics Podcast: A Conversation With NPR's Geoff Bennett

WUNC | By Jeff Tiberii

Published October 20, 2017 at 1:17 PM EDT

As lawmakers reached across the aisle in an effort to move forward on changes to the Affordable Care Act, Washington erupted in another controversy this week.

This latest controversy centers on Gold Star families, and whether presidents have personally offered their condolences.

WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii talks with NPR's Geoff Bennett about the latest chaotic week of the Trump Administration, as well as Bennett's departure from radio later this month.WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii and NPR's Geoff Bennett talk about the latest chaotic week of the Trump Administration and other news.

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Jeff Tiberii first started posing questions to strangers after dinner at La Cantina Italiana, in Massachusetts, when he was two-years-old. Jeff grew up in Wayland, Ma., an avid fan of the Boston Celtics, and took summer vacations to Acadia National Park (ME) with his family. He graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, and moved to North Carolina in 2006. His experience with NPR member stations WAER (Syracuse), WFDD (Winston-Salem) and now WUNC, dates back 15 years.

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