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Jonathan Alter on “The Promise: President Obama, Year One”

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Fri Jul 30, 2010
Aspen, CO

Date

Fri Jul 30, 2010
12:30pm – 1:30pm MDT

Location

Aspen, CO, United States
Paepcke Auditorium

Contact

    [email protected]

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Jonathan Alter is a senior editor at Newsweek, where, since 1991, he has written an acclaimed column on politics, history, media, and society at large. He is also an analyst and contributing correspondent for NBC News. Alter will speak about his new book, The Promise: President Obama, Year One (May 2010, Simon & Schuster). His 2006 book, The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, was a national bestseller.

 

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