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Jeff Flake

Director of the Institute of Politics, ASU and former Arizona Senator

Jeff Flake

Ambassador Jeff Flake recently served as the United States Ambassador to The Republic of Türkiye. He represented Arizona in the United States Senate from 2013 to 2019. Ambassador Flake currently serves as the Director of the Institute of Politics (IOP) at Arizona State University. He is the author of The New York Times bestseller Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle.
 

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CNN Audio presents ONE THING

Sat May 31, 2025 | 4:15pm
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You’ve been overwhelmed with headlines all week. What’s worth a closer look? On CNN Audio’s One Thing, host David Rind talks to experts, reporters on the front lines and the real people impacted by the news about what they’ve learned — and why it matters. This special edition features a frank conversation with Jeff Flake — former Arizona Senator, former ambassador to the Republic of Türkiye and director of the Institute of Politics, ASU — about diplomacy in a second Trump administration, the MAGA takeover of the Republican Party and the future of conservatism in America. 

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