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The Shadowy Story of Oppenheimer and Congress

The Shadowy Story of Oppenheimer and Congress

The Daily vor 2 Jahren

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Nominations for the Oscars are announced on Tuesday and
“Oppenheimer,” a film about the father of the atomic bomb, is
expected to be among the front-runners.

Catie Edmondson, a congressional correspondent for The Times,
explains how the film sent her on a quest to find the secret
story of how Congress paid for the bomb, and what it reveals
about the inner workings of Washington.

Guest: Catie Edmondson, a congressional correspondent for The New
York Times.

Background reading:

Watching “Oppenheimer,” a journalist wondered: How did the
president get the $2 billion secret project past Congress?

What to expect from the Oscar nominations.

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