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A look at the controversial legacy of Henry Kissinger

Season 2023 Episode 345 | 8m 21s

Henry Kissinger, America’s most consequential and controversial Secretary of State, died Wednesday at the age of 100. He reached the peak of his power in the 1970s and remained highly influential until the very end. Nick Schifrin reports.

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