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State Department's histories at risk (4:15)


December 18, 2008
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The Office of the Historian at the State Department is tasked with writing the official history of U.S. foreign policy. By law it must create a "thorough, reliable and accurate" record of U.S. foreign policy. The tradition dates back to 1861. But now critics say a crisis inside the office may put the series at risk. The World's Jeb Sharp has more.


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