Cokie Roberts on courage and compassion

Cokie Roberts in St. Paul
Journalist and author Cokie Roberts spoke with MPR editor at large Gary Eichten at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul on Oct. 23, 2012. Roberts delivers the seventh annual Eugene J. McCarthy Lecture at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn., on Sept. 18, 2013.
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NPR and ABC-TV journalist and author Cokie Roberts delivers the seventh annual Eugene J. McCarthy Lecture at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn. Sponsored Sept. 18, 2013 by the Eugene McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civic Engagement.

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