PERSON: Reihan Salam

Columnist, Author, Political Commentator

Reihan Morshed Salam (born December 29, 1979) is a conservative American political commentator, columnist and author and a senior fellow at the R Street Institute. He is a columnist for Reuters and lead writer of The Agenda blog at National Review, as well as a policy adviser at e21 and a contributing editor at National Affairs. He has also appeared on a number of radio and television shows, including NPR's Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered, Tell Me More, HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, NBC Universal's The Chris Matthews Show, WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show, BBC's Newsnight, ABC's This Week, CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS, Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report", and American Public Media's Marketplace. Salam is also a frequent guest on the weekend political talk show Up with Chris Hayes on MSNBC and on the CNN show Erin Burnett OutFront.

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