Max Armstrong talks about Dan Glickman, who was the secretary of agriculture with the second Bill Clinton administration. In his new book, Laughing at Myself, Glickman talks about the crucial nature of ag exports, including the failure of the Carter admin in 1980. That was a turning point, says Glickman.

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