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April 28, 2009

Episode 7: President Obama Goes on the Offensive

In a nationally televised address last week, President Obama told student lenders that he was ready to do battle over his plan to end the bank-based guaranteed-loan program. Kelly Field and Sara Hebel discuss the prospects for that fight.

Kelly Field, The Chronicle's chief Washington reporter, and Sara Hebel, our politics editor, spend a minute (or so) each week discussing the key higher-education debates and behind-the-scenes maneuvering taking place in the nation's capital. Look for new episodes every Tuesday.

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