In its official 2014 platform for Texas, the GOP has gone for the chimerical bucket list of the extreme right instead of trying out real solutions to address real problems.

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Get to know President Obama's new choice to run the World Bank.

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Discussing public health with Partners in Health co-founder and Dartmouth College president Dr. Jim Yong Kim.