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AARP, Inc., formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, is a United States-based membership and interest group, founded in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus, Ph.D., a retired educator from California, and Leonard Davis, founder of Colonial Penn Group of insurance companies. Wikipedia*

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AARP has hosted 93 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1988 Forum. The year with the most events was 1998 with 12 events. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2015 with an average of 963 views per video. Most appearances with John Rother (9), Bill Clinton (7), William D. Novelli (6). Most common tags: Elderly, Social Security, Health Care Financing.

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    President Obama, speaking to members of the Save Our Retirement Coalition at the AARP headquarters in Washington, D.C., announced…

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    Middle Class Retirement Security

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    Ohio Senate Debate

    Ohio Senate candidates Senator Sherrod Brown (D) and Josh Mandel (R) debated various campaign issues in their final debate,…

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