White House Watch: Takeaways from Trump’s Inaugural Address – Roll Call

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White House Watch: Takeaways from Trump’s Inaugural Address

By John T. Bennett

Posted January 20, 2017 at 9:37pm

By John T. Bennett and Michael Cades

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Roll Call’s White House correspondent John T. Bennett offers his first take on President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech.

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