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The Brian Lehrer Show / January 14, 2009

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Martin Indyk, two-time ambassador to Israel

Diplomacy in the Middle East

In her confirmation hearing for the post of secretary of state, Sen. Hillary Clinton said the U.S. should not give up the quest for peace in the Middle East. Former ambassador to Israel and advisor to President Clinton, Martin Indyk offers his views of what past presidents have done right, and wrong, in the region. Also, William Least Heat-Moon hits the road again.
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One World City to Another

Ian Clement, deputy mayor of London, offers a look at how London is handling some of the issues it shares with New York -- from the financial crisis to traffic congestion.

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American Middle East Diplomacy

Martin Indyk, two-time ambassador to Israel, director of the Brookings Institute's the Saban Center for Middle East Policy and author of the new book Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Account of American Peace Diplomacy in the Middle East, talks about the new book.

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