Week In The News: Obama's Foreign Policy Pivot, Pope In The Holy Land, Economy Shrinks (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

In the news this week: gun control, mental health after the Santa Barbara massacre, President Obama announces thousands of US troops to remain in Afghanistan after 2014 and, talks foreign policy at West Point. One-hundred-and-fifteen-day wait times confirmed at the Phoenix VA and new calls for Shinseki to go. Big votes in Ukraine and Egypt. The US economy shrinks a smudge. Edward Snowden says he’s a spy. Maya Angelou, gone.  This hour On Point: the roundtable goes behind the headlines. / Tom Ashbrook

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2014/05/30/foreign-policy-pope-francis-edward-snowden