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Council on Hemispheric Affairs’ Larry Birns on Bush’s Trip to Latin America: “A Matter of Low Expectations and Utter Despair”

2007-03-09

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To talk more about President Bush’s visit to Latin America, Council on Hemispheric Affairs director Larry Birns joins us in Washington. COHA calls the trip “a matter of low expectations and utter despair." [includes rush transcript]

To talk more about President Bush’s visit to Latin America, Larry Birns joins us in Washington. He is the Director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs in Washington DC.