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"The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat" by Vali Nasr

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published July 29, 2013 at 11:35 AM EDT
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    Vali Nasr worked closely with Hillary Clinton at the State Department on Afghan and Pakistani affairs. In his new book, The Dispensable Nation, he takes us behind the scenes to show how Secretary Clinton and her ally, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, were thwarted in their efforts to guide an ambitious policy in South Asia and the Middle East.

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