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Reed to "Meet the Press" again

June 8, 2011

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, will return to Washington this weekend for another stint on “Meet the Press,” to discuss whether President Obama can turn the nation’s economic woes around in time for his re-election and to provide analysis on the evolving field of Republican presidential candidates.

Reed is scheduled to be on the round table, along with GOP strategist Mike Murphy, author and MSNBC political analyst Richard Wolffe, and Wall Street Journal columnist Kim Strassel.

Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus, will also be on the show, as well as GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum from Pennsylvania.

Reed made his first appearance on the show last February.

“Meet the Press” airs at 10 a.m. locally on NBC affiliates.

About the Author

Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.

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