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Fareed Zakaria: belief

27 Mar 2024 Conversations with Tyler Fareed Zakaria on the Age of Revolutions, the Power of Ideas, and the Rewards of Intellectual Curiosity

“Brad Berenson was another person who was very good, who I think served in the Bush White House in the Office of Legal Counsel and then became general counsel to GE.”

— Fareed Zakaria

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Fareed Zakaria
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belief
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27 Mar 2024
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Conversations with Tyler

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…At the Yale Political Union, who beat you the most often in those debates, if anyone? I was pretty good. I had a roommate who was also a member of the Yale Political Union. I was right of center in those days. He was left of center, and he was very, very eloquent and very smart. His name is David Murphy. He then became a partner at Wachtell Lipton, which is literally the leading law firm in the country, the most, most profitable law firm by far. He now does arbitration, and he’s still a formidable debater. We’re still very much in touch. Brad Berenson was another person who was very good, who I think served in the Bush White House in the Office of Legal Counsel and then became general counsel to GE. I would say those two more than anyone else. In these years, if I understand it correctly, you’re viewed very much as a prodigy. Did you feel pressure from that?…

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