Transcript: The Humble Beginnings of Sen. Harry Reid

JACKI LYDEN
Weekend All Things Considered (NPR)
11-12-2006
The Humble Beginnings of Sen. Harry Reid

Host: JACKI LYDEN
Time 19:00-20:00 PM


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JACKI LYDEN, host:

We take a closer look now at Harry Reid, the man who will likely be the next Senate majority leader.

Ms. ELSA WALSH (Journalist): Biography is important for a lot of people, but it's particularly important for Harry Reid.

LYDEN: Journalist Elsa Walsh profiled Democratic Senator Harry Reid for The New Yorker. I asked her to tell me about his background.

Ms. WALSH: Harry Reid was born in a small town called Searchlight, which was an abandoned mining town about an hour outside of Reno, Nevada. And it was a very poor, ...

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