We’ll look back at the highs …

We’ll look back at the highs …

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We’ll look back at the highs and lows of America’s tumultuous 62-year history with the UN from the idealism and effort of U.S. leaders that helped found the United Nations to an increasingly hostile relationship between the American superpower and the world organization. And we’ll hear from top American policymakers—Secretary of State, James Baker; National Security Advisor, Brent Scowcroft; US Ambassador to the UN, Thomas Pickering; and director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, Dennis Ross who revisit the 1990 Gulf War and explain the importance of the United Nations in rolling back Iraqi aggression.