former US Ambassador to Sri Lanka
Former Ambassador to Sri Lanka; Director of the South Asia Division at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and author of India and the United States in the 21st Century: Reinventing Partnership
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Teresita Schaffer
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Asia Trip Puts Hillary Clinton Back on the World Stage When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sits down for an hour-long conversation on Meet the Press this weekend, she'll have a lot to talk about. She's just returned from a high-profile week-long trip to Asia that made several headlines: a spat with North Korea, a surprise promise to protect the region if Iran gets nuclear weapons, and a series of agreements with India. What does Clinton's trip signify about her agenda for developing US relationships in the region? What does the trip say about her influence in Washington?
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Ex-FBI Director Comey tells his side of the story Today, former FBI Director James Comey came close to calling the President who fired him a liar. The White House denied the claim and called it insulting, but Republican Senators did not challenge Comey’s truthfulness. Many questions remain: did the President try to obstruct a federal investigation? Later, we’ll go behind the “velvet rope” for a look at 5-Star health care for the richest Americans.
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Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.