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Former Secretary of State James Baker traveled to Austin Wednesday night to talk with Texas Tribune CEO and Editor in Chief Evan Smith about the state of the world.

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Former Secretary of State James Baker traveled to Austin on Wednesday night to talk with Texas Tribune CEO and Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith about the state of the world. Ben Philpott, who's covering politics and public policy for KUT News and The Texas Tribune, reports on Baker’s view of how Barack Obama is handling his biggest foreign policy challenges.

 

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Ben Philpott

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