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Obama's final bow in Asia: will it cement his legacy?

Hosted by Warren Olney Sep. 06, 2016 National
President Obama's in Asia, coping with climate change, and China and America's past military excesses — not to mention his own legacy.  Experts disagree about successes… and failures.  We hear about the President's successes and failures.

Photo: President Barack Obama gives a toast with President Bounnhang Vorachith of Laos the Presidential Palace in Vientiane, Laos, September 6, 2016. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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