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Need To Know | Fri., Need to Know, April 8 | PBS

Duration: 53:55 (Full Program)
Program: Need to Know #148
Broadcast Date: Apr. 8, 2011

Need to Know visits the island of Hispaniola, where the Dominican Republican is beginning to deport Haitians who fled across the border after last year's earthquake. We look at the life of an Israeli-Palestinian actor and social activist who was killed this week. We also examine Republican proposals for changes to Medicare and Medicaid, and Jon Meacham looks at the legacy of the Bay of Pigs.

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