FBI Investigating HUD Secretary's Contracts
The FBI is looking into ties between Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson and a friend who won a lucrative construction contract in New Orleans, Sen. Fred Thompson made his debut in the GOP debates, and several Democratic presidential candidates are dropping out of the Michigan primary.
Farai Chideya talks with Mary Frances Berry, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, and GOP strategist Robert Traynham. He teaches at George Washington University and runs his own political consulting firm.
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