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Politics

Diplomat, Historian George Kennan Dies

NPR

Published March 17, 2005 at 10:00 PM MST

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Diplomat and historian George Kennan died Thursday in Princeton, N.J., at age 101. Peter Reddeway, former director of the Kennan Institute, discusses the former ambassador and professor's profound influence on U.S. foreign policy.