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Governors from across the country gather to discuss the nation's bicentennial on a special edition of Meet the Press.

On a special edition of Meet the Press broadcast live from Philadelphia, governors from across the country and both parties joined the program to mark the nation’s bicentennial: Govs. Michael Dukakis (D-Mass.), Robert Ray (R-Iowa), Wendell Anderson (D-Minn.), Mills Godwin (R-Va.) and Milton Shapp (D-Pa.).

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