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At the Table with Laura Washington & Lynn Sweet

Sun-Times Federal Courts Reporter Jon Seidel, WBEZ Government & Politics Reporter Dan Mihalopoulos, Better Government Association Enterprise Reporter Rachel Hinton and former NATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder joined Lynn Sweet and Laura Washington At The Table on March 17 to discuss the indictment of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and the latest on the Ukraine war.

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Jon Seidel, Sun-Times federal courts reporter, Dan Mihalopoulos, WBEZ government and politics reporter and Rachel Hinton, Better Government Association enterprise reporter joined hosts Laura Washington and Lynn Sweet At The Table to discuss the indictment of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan.

Former U.S. NATO Ambassador and President of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Ivo Daalder also joined the conversation to discuss the latest on conflicts in Ukraine.

Re-watch their conversation, recorded live on March 17, 2022, and stay tuned for next month’s show.

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