President appoints envoys to troubled regions

The World
President Obama visited the State Department on his second full day in office yesterday, signaling the renewed importance of diplomacy in US foreign policy. He appointed two special envoys to troubled regions ? former Northern Ireland mediator George Mitchell to oversee Arab-Israeli issues and longtime diplomat Richard Holbrooke to handle Pakistan and Afghanistan. The New York Times' Mark Landler joins John and Adaora with a look at these two appointments and what they say about the new President's foreign policy strategy.
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