U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to the press outside a United Nations Security Council meeting on the crisis in Syria

Apart at the Seams

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 15, 2012

Veteran journalist James Mann discusses his new book about President Obama’s foreign policy team—as well as the dissolution of the parliament in Egypt and the on-going crisis in Syria. Plus: how insurance companies are preparing for the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act; a conversation about Governor Christie’s spending; the downside of cheap fashion; and a conversation about never-married women in New York.

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