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special. it s another in our ongoing series restoring the american dream. this one is called getting back to number one. you can catch it at 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. the idea is this. politicians love to talk about how exceptional this country is and america is exceptional. but in many places where the united states once ranked number one it has fallen in some cases fallen quite far. america s enrollment rate for elementary school ranks 79th in the world. we are 12th in the percentage of college graduates among rich countries. america s 15-year-olds are ranked 19th in science, 24th in math. our infrastructure ranks 23rd in the world. we re 41st in the world on infant mortality. 49th on life expectancy. where are we first in the world? well on external debt. we have more debt than other nations. there s lots of positive places

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