The World Reacts

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 3, 2011

New York Times correspondent David Kirkpatrick discusses the reaction in North Africa and the rest of the Arab region to Osama bin Laden’s death. Plus: Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times Online's Pakistan bureau chief, discusses reaction on the ground in Pakistan; Paul Rieckhoff of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America group discusses veterans’ response; and It’s a Free Country’s Anna Sale discusses the politics of Osama bin Laden’s death. Also—it’s Bird Week; and Harvard professor and author Howard Gardner discusses classic virtues in the digital age.

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