The second Republican presidential debate will air on Fox Business Network and Univision at 9 p.m. ET from the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California.
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Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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