The United Nations General Assembly is meeting. Is it accomplishing anything?

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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Michael Froman, Council on Foreign Relations president, at the UN General Assembly. Transcript SCOTT DETROW, HOST: It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Scott Detrow in Washington.MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: And I'm Mary Louise Kelly in New York, where the United Nations is still standing. The U.N. General Assembly is in full swing - UNGA week, as the diplomats who are racing past you in the hallways call it. In years past, President Trump has used his address here to threaten the U.N. Today, he spoke of himself as a peacemaker, someone ending wars - except for Iran, which he threatened once again to annihilate. His word. Well, Michael Froman was watching and listening. Michael Froman is president of the Council on Foreign Relations, and he is here with me now in our New York bureau. Hi there.MICHAEL FROMAN: Thanks for having me.KELLY: What was your top takeaway from today?FROMAN: Well, first of all, I think the president did try and position himself as a peacemaker, somebody to resolve all of the outstanding foreign policy issues that have bedeviled the United States for years, whether it was...KELLY: Except for the countries he wants to an...

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