
Episode 11, The Senate Press Gallery, with Paul Kane
Paul Kane is the senior congressional correspondent for the Washington Post and has been covering the Senate for 25 years. Host: Claude Berube, PhD

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A weekly half-hour podcast about the people, procedures, and history of the United States Senate.The show is hosted by Claude Berube, PhD who taught for twenty years at the US Naval Academy where he created and hosted the Preble Hall Naval History podcast. He also worked on Capitol Hill. He is the author or co-author of books on government, naval history, and a thriller fiction series.
The Senate Podcast hosts The Senate, a government show with 12 episodes published.

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Paul Kane
senior congressional correspondent · Washington Post
1 appearance on this show
Chris O'Brien
Director · New York State Sheriffs' Institute
1 appearance on this show
Chris O'Brien
Products and Services director · Senator Margaret Chase Smith Library
1 appearance on this show
Dan Holt
Peer and Family Support Team Leader · Spinal Cord Injuries Australia
1 appearance on this show
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