Profile: Remembering George Kennan, who died this past Thursday at the age of 101

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SHEILAH KAST
Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR)
03-20-2005
Profile: Remembering George Kennan, who died this past Thursday at the age of 101

Host: SHEILAH KAST
Time: 12:00 Noon-1:00 PM

SHEILAH KAST, host:

When George Kennan died this past Thursday night at the age of 101, tributes flowed from America's diplomatic community, like the one from Richard Gardner, a former US ambassador to Italy and Spain: `All of us who aspired to careers in the Foreign Service still look at Kennan as a role model.'

Kennan's roots as an icon to American diplomats dated to the years immediately following World War II, a ...

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