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Things That Go Boom: A forward-looking foreign policy

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Just after President Dwight D. Eisenhower assumed office on Jan. 20, 1953, deep in the middle of the Cold War, his greatest adversary died. The speech that followed is considered one of his best, though not his most well-known. Today, it’s not hard to imagine Eisenhower standing up before us and making the same case he did almost 70 years ago. In this episode of “Things That Go Boom,” The World’s partner podcast from PRX, host Laicie Heeley sits down with US Sen. Chris Murphy, someone in a position to offer a unique perspective on Eisenhower’s “Chance for Peace.”

Guest:

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)

Additional reading:

Principles for a Progressive Foreign Policy, Chris Murphy, Brian Schatz and Martin Heinrich

Rethinking the Battlefield, Chris Murphy

How to Make a Progressive Foreign Policy Actually Work, Chris Murphy

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