Nicholas Kralev, in Kabul with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, talks about her trip and Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s second inauguration, on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” program, on November 19, 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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Fake 'direct' flights
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United StarNet blocking
United Airlines' secret blocking of thousands of award seats otherwise made available by other members of the global Star Alliance.
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