John Burns on Libya’s Present and Future

The Takeaway

John Burns,  London bureau chief for The New York Times, joins us live from London to discuss the situation in Libya. Burns recently spent several weeks in the hotel in Tripoli that is currently housing Western journalists. He speaks on the dangers facing foreign correspondents in the city, the hopeful and relieved mood of Libyans and both the nation’s and Gadhafi’s futures as the threat of the ICC looms over his head.  

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