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In his first interview with President Barack Obama since taking over as NBC Nightly News anchor, Lester Holt spoke with President on Monday’s broadcast for a friendly interview as part one gave the President a friendly platform to promote criminal justice reform and his decision to send a small group of U.S. troops into Syria.
During a discussion on the first topic, Holt served up a fawning question to the President if he viewed it as “your defining moment” considering the fact that he’s the first African-American President with “[s]o many hopes and aspirations were placed on you.”