Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Speaker
Richard Haass
President, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order
Presider
George Stephanopoulos
Anchor, Good Morning America, ABC News

CFR President Richard N. Haass discusses his new book, Foreign Policy Begins at Home.

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