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Remembering Congressman Howard Coble

Frank Stasio with Congressman Howard Coble on The State of Things, December 16, 2014
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Republican lawmaker Howard Cobledied yesterday at age 84.

Coble represented North Carolina’s Sixth District in the U.S. House of Representatives for 30 years.

He was known for strong constituent services and a dedication to reducing government waste.

The congressman appeared on The State of Thingsin December.

Host Frank Stasio looks back at that interview and Coble’s life and legacy. 

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Will Michaels is WUNC's Weekend Host and Reporter.
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Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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