Impeachment Update; Trump's Executive Order on Anti-Semitism; The Truth About the War in Afghanistan; The Class of 2010 Reflects on the Decade

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 16, 2019

 

Coming up on today's show:

  • Susan Glasser, staff writer at The New Yorker who writes the weekly online column, "Letter from Trump’s Washington,” discusses the latest impeachment news and developments.
  • Jodi Rudoren, editor in chief of The Forward, talks about president Trump's executive order to combat anti-Semitism on college campuses and reports on the shooting at a Kosher market in Jersey City. 
  • Craig Whitlock, Washington Post investigative reporter who specializes in national security issues, reveals what he discovered in confidential documents during his search for the truth on the 18 year war in Afghanistan.
  • Listeners who graduated from high school or college in 2010 reflect on the past ten years, their first decade of adulthood.

 

 

 

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