In this first episode in a two part series, Kurt and Rich sit down with former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns to discuss the changing role of U.S. diplomacy, Burns’ newest book, The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case of its Renewal.
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Bill Burns Pt. 1
- Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Intelligence
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