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Is Suing Saudi Arabia for 9/11 a good idea?

Hosted by Warren Olney Sep. 30, 2016 National
It's been 15 years since the attacks of September 11, but that's not the only reason they're back in the news.  The Obama White House calls it "embarrassing" that bipartisan majorities in Congress have given victims' families the right to sue Saudi Arabia, and the battle's not over yet.

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