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CNN Inside Politics: DC Shooter Worked for US Government
November 27, 2025·43 min·3 clips
The CIA reveals the DC shooter was an Afghan national who worked with the US government during the war.
As heard by us
A brisk look at a shooting, the suspect's background, and the political fallout.
The episode opens with the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington and then widens quickly to the suspect's reported work with the U.S. government in Afghanistan and the political fight that follows.
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You want the shooting story before it hardens into spin.
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