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On this week?s Slate Political Gabfest, John Dickerson, David Plotz, and special guest Dave Weigel discuss President Obama?s renewed efforts to schmooze GOP lawmakers, the Rand Paul filibuster on U.S. drone policy, and the Sen. Robert Menendez prostitution scandal.

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Dave Weigel chatters about former AP correspondent Jonathan Katz?s report about claims of UN malfeasance in Haiti.

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