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Meet the new Newt, same as the old Newt.

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich made his first campaign appearance since dramatically reshuffling his campaign team - laying off a third of his campaign staff and swapping campaign managers - with a meandering and anecdote-filled lecture on American political history Wednesday at Georgetown University.

But there was little evidence of the dramatic political upheaval that has renewed questions about Gingrich's viability in the Republican primary.

Instead, the former House Speaker - and history professor - lectured students and faculty on the history of the Wright Brothers, brain science, and oil production in North Dakota. It took Gingrich more than a half hour to even hit on the given theme of his speech - "Giving Young Americans the Right to Choose a Personal Social Security Account."

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