President Bush addresses United Nations with financial turmoil as backdrop
President George W. Bush made the final speech of his presidential term to the United Nations General Assembly amidst the chaos of the financial meltdown on Wall Street.
Guest: Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times reporter
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