E-mail a friendJanuary 9, 2007
U.S. Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns and New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman preview tomorrow night's much-anticipated address to the nation by President Bush.
Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
In his position as Under Secretary, Nicholas Burns is the State Department's third ranking official and oversees U.S. policy in each region of the world. He's worked in a series of positions at the State Department and has also served as U.S. ambassador to NATO and Greece. Burns began his Foreign Service career in Africa and the Middle East, after working as Program Officer at A.T. International, a nonprofit organization specializing in economic assistance for Third World countries.
Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman is foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times, a best-selling author and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. His book, From Beirut to Jerusalem, is used as a textbook on the Middle East in many high schools and universities. Friedman joined the Times in '81 and has been Beirut and Israel bureau chief and economic correspondent in its Washington bureau. As the paper's chief diplomatic correspondent, he chronicled the end of the Cold War. Hot, Flat, and Crowded is his latest book.