University of California President Janet Napolitano; Reza Aslan Explains His Support for the Iran Nuclear Deal

The Tavis Smiley Show

On this week's podcast: Janet Napolitano, former Governor of Arizona, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, now President of the University of California; author and scholar Reza Aslan.

Janet Napolitano dealt with border issues as governor of Arizona and oversaw the nation’s security apparatus as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. Now she’s president of the University of California, and she joins us to share her views on education policy, soaring tuition costs, immigration and the threat of domestic terrorism.

Best-selling author and Iranian-American scholar Reza Aslan is one of more than 70 Middle East and foreign affairs scholars who recently sent a letter to Congress urging support for President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. Aslan, a professor at the University of California – Riverside and the founder of Aslan Media, a social media network for news and entertainment about the Middle East, joins us to explain why he supports the deal, and to discuss what it could mean for the security of the region.

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