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IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Successes And Controversies Of Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad will step down in 2017 to become the U.S. Ambassador to China after President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of him to the post is confirmed. This IowaWatch Connection podcast report looks at that career that made Branstad the longest-serving governor in American history.

By Jeff Stein
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IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Successes And Controversies Of Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad
Gov. Terry Branstad spoke with IowaWatch summer interns Brittany Robb and Thomas Nelson on July 7, 2016.
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Gov. Terry Branstad spoke with IowaWatch summer intern reporters Brittany Robb and Thomas Nelson on July 7, 2016.
Gov. Terry Branstad spoke with IowaWatch summer intern reporters Brittany Robb and Thomas Nelson on July 7, 2016.

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad will step down in 2017 to become the U.S. Ambassador to China after President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of him to the post is confirmed.

This IowaWatch Connection podcast report looks at that career that made Branstad the longest-serving governor in American history.

Recent IowaWatch coverage of Branstad:
Three Questions That Explain Iowa’s, and Terry Branstad’s, Tie To China
Branstad: Support For Trump Boils Down To Choice Between His Party’s Nominee And Hillary Clinton
Branstad Keeps Arm’s Length From Personhood Suggestion In Abortion Debate, For Now

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