Nicholas Kralev talks about the Senate confirmation hearing of Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama’s nominee for secretary of state, on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” program, on January 13, 2009.
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Nicholas Kralev is a journalist, educator and speaker on global travel, diplomacy and international affairs. He has written for the Washington Times, the Financial Times, the Arizona Republic and Newsday. He has a degree in public policy from Harvard University, speaks five languages and has visited more than 80 countries.
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