Diane’s farewell message
After 52 years at WAMU, Diane Rehm says goodbye.
Barack Obama is sworn in as the forty-fourth president and freezes all pending regulations and the Senate overwhelmingly approves Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. Diane and her guests discuss these stories and more on the Friday News Roundup.
Guests
- David Corn Washington bureau chief, "Mother Jones" magazine; author of several books, most recently, "Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War." He blogs at politicsdaily.com.
- Stephen Hayes "The Weekly Standard," author of "Cheney - The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President"
- Jeff Zeleny White House correspondent, "The New York Times"
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