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August 19, 2009

Robert Novak Dies at 78
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And the columnist and talk show host Robert Novak has died at the age of
seventy-eight. Novak was one of the most well-known right-wing
commentators of the last three decades. In recent years, he became best
known for outing the CIA operative Valerie Plame, inadvertently setting
off a protracted controversy that led to the conviction of Lewis
“Scooter” Libby, the chief of staff to former Vice President Dick
Cheney.



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