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Washington's Dirtiest Words

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A federal appeals panel just ruled that broadcasting the curses of John McCain and Dick Cheney among others can no longer be outlawed by the FCC. But besides the f-word and its ilk, there are words that we're even less likely to hear. One of those is "amnesty."Weekend America investigates how words like amnesty get so charged in Washington and why.

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