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PBS NewsHour | Tuesday, December 4, 2012 | PBS

Duration: 54:39
Program: PBS NewsHour #10511
Broadcast Date: Dec. 4, 2012

Tonight on the program, we report on the continued impasse in Washington to broker a long-term budget deal before Dec. 31. Also: Russia may put pressure on Syrian President Assad to resign, Egyptians protest a constitution draft that would, if passed, permanently broaden presidential power, Paul Krugman on the 'fiscal cliff,' the cholera epidemic in Haiti and a history of U.S. military commanders.

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