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Nightmare on the Hill

Moonrise by The Washington Post

Sep 17, 201949:12Society & Culture

Congress investigates the Sputnik launch. Lyndon Johnson seizes the spotlight. And President Eisenhower gets backed into a corner. In the seventh chapter of “Moonrise,” space gets political.

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Nightmare on the Hill is an episode from Moonrise by The Washington Post. Congress investigates the Sputnik launch. Lyndon Johnson seizes the spotlight. And President Eisenhower gets backed into a corner. In the seventh chapter of “Moonrise...

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Published Sep 17, 2019, 49:12 long, audio available.

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