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The State of U.S. Interventionism
Heather Hurlburt, columnist at New York Magazine's Daily Intelligencer, and initiative director at the New America think tank, talks about the United States' interests with regards to the Afghan peace negotiations — as well as how the U.S. calculates whether to intervene in other trouble spots throughout the world.
"Dealing with our fondness for illegal drugs and the shadow economies that rely on them would be one critical way of making Central American more governable and less violent," says @natsecHeather.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) January 30, 2019