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2008:

  1. A conversation about Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln
    A conversation about Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln

    with Jonathan Alter, Eric Foner and Mark Halperin on Nov 17, 2008

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  2. Daily Highlights Monday November 17, 2008
    Daily Highlights Monday November 17, 2008

    with Eric Foner, Jonathan Alter, Nicholas Negroponte and more on Nov 17, 2008

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    8 min
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  3. Eric Foner on what would make Obama a great president
    Eric Foner on what would make Obama a great president

    with Eric Foner on Nov 17, 2008

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    1 min
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  4. Eric Foner on the similarities between Lincoln and Obama
    Eric Foner on the similarities between Lincoln and Obama

    with Eric Foner on Nov 17, 2008

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  5. Eric Foner on why Obama should take bold action after becoming president
    Eric Foner on why Obama should take bold action after...

    with Eric Foner on Nov 17, 2008

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    43 sec
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  6. John Alter on the lessons from FDR for Obama
    John Alter on the lessons from FDR for Obama

    with Jonathan Alter, Eric Foner and Mark Halperin on Nov 17, 2008

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    1 min
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1996:

  1. A conversation about the State of the Union Address
    A conversation about the State of the Union Address

    with Fred Barnes, Mark Green, E.J. Dionne and more on Jan 23, 1996

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    60 min
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Eric Foner (born February 7, 1943 in New York City) is an American historian. He has been a faculty member in the department of history at Columbia University since 1982 and writes extensively on political history, the history of freedom, the early history of the Republican party, African American biography, Reconstruction, and historiography. Foner is considered the leading contemporary historian of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period.

Appointed the Dewitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, Foner specializes in nineteenth century American history, the American Civil War, slavery, and Reconstruction. He served as president of the Organization of American Historians in (1993-94), and, in 2000, was president of the American Historical Association.

Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Foner