New Year Politics

By Robert Siegel,

David Brooks

Published January 2, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

Robert Siegel talks with Washington Post columnist and Brookings Institution Senior Fellow E.J. Dionne, and Weekly Standard senior editor David Brooks.

Robert Siegel

Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.

David Brooks

David Brooks is a frequent commentator on NPR's All Things Considered, and appeared frequently on The Diane Rehm Show.

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