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How the prisoner swap negotiation worked
The decision to involve other nations that provided leverage in a prisoner swap with Russia appears to have helped the U.S. negotiate terms for the historic exchange underway Thursday. Erin Banco, a POLITICO national security reporter, joins CBS News with more details.