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  The Week in Political Cartoons
Msnbc.com political cartoonists take a look at the past week

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  Looking back at the historic race
Nov. 5: NBC News offers a retrospective of the historic 2008 race for the White House.

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Still leaking
Nov. 18: Another major leak from the Obama transition camp surfaced today. Former Clinton staffer Eric Holder was named as Obama’s pick for Attorney General. After an almost flawless campaign where almost nothing got out, why are so many people talking? Guest host Alison Stewart is joined by Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter.

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INTERACTIVE
Who will be in Obama's new Cabinet?
Who's in line to be the next secretary of state? A look at some of the high-profile departmental vacancies — and who's on the shortlist to fill them.
  Presidential legacies
Truman Laughing
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  Harry S. Truman
From the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the end of World War II to the beginning of the cold war.
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  John F. Kennedy
The Cuban missle crisis, civil rights and Vietnam dominated his short presidency.
President Richard Nixon meets with Elvis Presley
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  Richard Nixon
Astronauts walk on the moon, shootings at Kent State, meetings with Brezhnev and the Watergate scandal.
Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher
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  Ronald Reagan
Cold war, war on drugs, the Challenger disaster, Beirut and Berlin bombings and Iran-Contra scandal.
photo dated 17 March 1992 in Chicago shows Democra
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  Bill Clinton
Welfare reform, the Brady bill, Somalia, Kosovo, budget surplus and the scandals that plagued him.
Image: George W. Bush campaigning in 2000
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  George W. Bush
A contested election, Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, war in Iraq, hurricane Katrina, and economic crisis.
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President Bush in his own words
A look at the quotable foreign policy speeches that define George W. Bush’s presidency. Produced by Kevin Flynn and Lisa Desai.

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