One-Off or Will Trump Go down the Rabbit Hole?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 7, 2017

Heather Hurlburt, director of New Models of Policy Change at New America, former head of the National Security Network and former White House and State Department official under Bill Clinton, and Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group and author of Superpower: Three Choices for America's Role in the World (New York: Portfolio, May 2015), discuss U.S missile strikes at a Syrian air base, marking the first time the U.S. has ordered military action against forces loyal to the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad.

Then, Congressman Tom Suozzi, representing New York's 3rd district, weighs in with a view from Congress. 

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