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Citizen Ben

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photoFormer CNN head Walter Isaacson on the wit and wisdom of America's favorite founding father, Benjamin Franklin. Inventor, diplomat, publishing tycoon--and the man behind the myth.

Guests:

Walter Isaacson, president, The Aspen Institute and former chairman and CEO of CNN and managing editor of Time Magazine. His new book is "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life"

Randall Kennedy, On Point news analyst and professor of law at Harvard Law School

This program aired on July 1, 2003.

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