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Campaign in the City: Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak

By VideoNation

December 14, 2007

"I hope when the presidential candidates talk about cities, they stop thinking about us as basketcases, and think instead of the potential of cities to turn this country around."

Fifth in a series of ten conversations with mayors across America. (Project of The Nation and the Drum Major Institute.)

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