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Sen. Durbin on Sequestration Impact

WTTW News | March 11, 2013, 10:30 am

Sen. Dick Durbin says sequestration is having an impact on everything, from Head Start programs to the loss of air traffic controllers. Elizabeth Brackett reports.

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