Matthew Rosenberg

New York Times

Guest

National security reporter, and former foreign correspondent, for the New York Times; former South Asian correspondent for the Wall Street Journal

Matthew Rosenberg on KCRW

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President Obama announced today he will not fulfill one of the central promises of his years in the White House.

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