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Cato Video • November 12, 2008 

# John Samples on Free Political Speech in 2009. 

The Cato Institute’s John Samples discusses what is in store for free political speech in 2009, given the election of Barack Obama to the presidency and larger Democratic majorities in the House and Senate. 

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