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How the other half of the press parties – a war correspondent’s letter from Washington

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner and the needs of traumatised veterans

9 May 2015

9:00 AM

9 May 2015

9:00 AM

This week has been all about the election, the US presidential election that is. It is 18 months away but already the race is sending out sparks and popping like a newly lit fire. On the one hand, there’s Hillary. She takes a trip by van across ‘the real America’ — a near-faultless launch of her campaign, everyone agrees, until she eats a meal in a fast food restaurant and forgets to tip.

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Paul Wood is a BBC Middle East correspondent.

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