President Obama’s place in history

The World

President Barack Obama has been compared to great American leaders from Abraham Lincoln to John F. Kennedy, Jr.. But in a forthcoming piece in The New York Times Magazine, writer Matt Bai argues that the danger of looking back at history for parallels is that you fail to look forward. He joins us now for a sneak peak at his article.

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