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India Map Where the Jobs Are
New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, just back from a tour of the Bangalore region of India, discusses the impact of more and more outsourcing on the subcontinent and its ripple effect here in the United States. (3/9/04)
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A Tale of Two Allies
New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, recently returned from a trip to Turkey and Poland, discusses the different perceptions he came across in two of America's allies. (12/24/03)
Off the Road Map
With the internationally backed "road map" to peace apparently stalled, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman reports on his recent trip to the region and what people are saying there. (9/25/03)
Rebuilding Iraq
New York Times columnist Tom Friedman discusses the state of Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein and efforts by locals and coalition forces to rebuild the country's infrastructure. (5/22/03)
The Middle East and the War in Iraq
Gwen Ifill speaks with New York Times columnist Tom Friedman about his recent trips to Egypt, Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Kuwait and southern Iraq. (4/21/03)
Israel and Egypt
New York Times Columnist Tom Friedman discusses his recent trip to the Middle East, focusing on the divisions he found in Israel and the continuing fallout of the Sept. 11 attacks in the Muslim and Arab worlds. (1/16/03)
South Korea
New York Times Columnist Tom Friedman talks about his trip to South Korea and compares the anti-Americanism he experienced there to anti-American sentiments in the Arab countries he has visited. (11/25/02)
Qatar, Bahrain, and Germany
Having just returned from the Persian Gulf and German, Tom Friedman reports on the first elections in Bahrain and anti-American sentiment in Europe. (11/5/02)
India and Sri Lanka
New York Times Columnist Tom Friedman, fresh from a trip through South Asia, discusses the state of information technology in India and suicide bombings in Sri Lanka.(8/12/02)
A Journey to Iran
Having just returned from a nation accused by President Bush of being part of an "Axis of Evil", Tom Friedman discusses the political changes taking part within Iran and America's policy towards the Islamic state. (6/20/02)
 
Tom FriedmanA two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Tom Friedman began writing for The New York Times in 1981. In 1995 he became The Times' foreign affairs columnist on the Op-Ed page. He is the author of two books, The Lexus and the Olive Tree (1999) and From Beirut to Jerusalem, which won the 1988 National Book Award.

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