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Jan 2021
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68: John Couvillon & Sec William Cohen

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2021 already promises to be as crazy as 2020, and Al and James are ready to game things out for you in their Politics War Room.  They’re joined on their first episode of the year by award winning pollster John Couvillon to take a look at the double Democratic victory in the GA Senate races and bask in the results.  Then, former Defense Secretary William Cohen comes on to game out the final days of the Trump Administration and how we might handle the ensuing chaos as the nation approaches the transition of power.  

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John Couvillon
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JMC Analytics & Polling
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Fmr. Defense Secretary William Cohen
The Cohen Group
The Cohen Institute
CSIS
Books by William

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