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  <lot_id>3554</lot_id>
  <item_id>3554</item_id>
  <name>Meet Tim Russert on the Set of Meet the Press</name>
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  <description>Includes: two tickets to the set of Meet the Press with a brief meet and greet with Tim Russert.  Valid for one year, based on a mutually convenient date.  Must be at least 13 years old.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Tim Russert is the Managing Editor and Moderator of Meet the Press and political analyst for NBC Nightly News and the Today Program.  He anchors The Tim Russert Show, a weekly interview program on CNBC and is a contributing anchor for MSNBC.  Russert also serves as senior vice president and Washington bureau chief of NBC News.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;

His two books-Big Russ and Me in 2004 and Wisdom of Our Fathers in 2006-were both New York Times #1 bestsellers. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;

He has received forty-three honorary doctorate degrees from American colleges and universities and has lectured at the Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Reagan Presidential Libraries.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Take this rare opportunity to attend the set of Meet the Press and meet the fascinating, Tim Russert.

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  <estimated_price>5000.0</estimated_price>
  <current_price>3600.0</current_price>
  <minimum_bid>4100.0</minimum_bid>
  <bid_increment>500.0</bid_increment>
  <bid_count>16</bid_count>
  <open_date>Mar 20, 2007 05:00 EST</open_date>
  <close_date>Apr  6, 2007 08:26 EST</close_date>
  <high_bidder>jmitchell</high_bidder>
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