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Need To Know | Jon Meacham: Allow Non-Native Americans to Run For President | PBS

Duration: 02:28
Program: Need to Know #149
Broadcast Date: Apr. 15, 2011

In this essay, Need to Know's Jon Meacham explains the reasoning behind the Framers' decision to allow only native-born Americans to run for president, and argues that it's time to repeal that part of the Constitution.

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Post Date: April 18, 2011