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	Podcast:		The Axe Files with David Axelrod
	Episode:		Ep. 325 — Bill Burns
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		01:01:30
	Publish Date:		2019-05-09 07:00:00
	Description:		Bill Burns is the former Ambassador to the Russian Federation under President Obama and currently serves as the President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He joins David to talk about his three-decade career as a foreign service officer for the United States, why 9/11 rendered foreign diplomacy more important than ever, what he learned upon meeting Vladimir Putin, and his take on the Trump administration’s approach to foreign policy. His new book, The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal, gives readers a rare look at American diplomacy in action. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
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