Q & Trey: The Debt Ceiling Is The Limit
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Trey answers questions on Congressional authority to raise the debt ceiling and the Pentagon funding flights to Guantanamo Bay amid the migrant crisis.
Plus, he reveals who he believes to be the true hero in Greek poet Homer's 'Iliad'.
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