America’s Collision Course With The Debt Ceiling
As the nation counts down to default, Diane talks to longtime Congress watcher Norm Ornstein about the debt limit negotiations, what's at stake and whether he sees a way forward.
Two foreign policy specialists join Diane to talk about the idea of empire: why the U.S. is accused of behaving like an imperialist nation, and the fierce debate over the proper global role for the world’s only remaining superpower.
Guests
- Ivo Daalder U.S. Ambassador to NATO, former senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution, former director for European Affairs for the National Security Council, and author of "Beyond Preemption: Force and Legitimacy in a Changed World".
- Max Boot Senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of "War Made New" (Gotham Books)
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