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NBC Evening News for Friday, May 31, 2013
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.

(Studio: Rehema Ellis) President Obama’s push to keep the interest rates low on federal student loans featured; scenes shown of Obama speaking at the White House surrounded by college students; details given about the plan for interest on Stafford Loans to double; average student loan debt cited. [OBAMA – speaks about additional debt.] [DePaul University student Melissa RUBIO††- says she’s in a worse place than her parents were.] [New America Foundation Kevin CAREY†- says we are sending a generation of young people into their lives with a negative net worth.]

Reporter(s):
Williams, Brian;
Ellis, Rehema
Duration:
00:02:30

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