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George Kennan and the Policy of Containment George Kennan, architect of the U.S. Cold War policy of communist "containment," is dead at the age of 101. Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr reflects on Kennan's remarkable -- and initially anonymous -- contribution to American foreign policy.
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George Kennan, architect of the U.S. Cold War policy of communist "containment," is dead at the age of 101. Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr reflects on Kennan's remarkable — and initially anonymous — contribution to American foreign policy.

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