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Rep. Rush Holt discusses Congressional legislation in support of developing greater language capacity in the United States, and makes recommendations on other important efforts.
Acclaimed author Gish Jen reads an excerpt from her short story "Duncan in China" to demonstrate the power—and limitations—of language in cross-cultural relationships.
Former Afghan Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah doesn't mince words when telling Time magazine's Joe Klein what makes Hamid Karzai such an unreliable ally for the US in that country.
Former Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Abdulllah Abdullah assesses the state of present-day Afghanistan with TIME magazine political columnist Joe Klein.