“Getting to Yes” Author Bill Ury on the Government Shutdown

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In an interview with WBUR News, William Ury, Co-founder of the Program on Negotiation and co-author of the book Getting to Yes, offered some advice for our country’s leaders.

“You write President Trump’s victory speech in which he says to his base, ‘I won,’ and you write Nancy Pelosi’s victory speech in which he says to her base, ‘I won,’ and then you work back from that and say, ‘OK, how do we arrive at a deal that has enough in it for both sides that … we can get on with our business and the federal government can resume?’” Ury tells Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson.

Continue reading How To Negotiate Out Of Shutdown Stalemate? ‘Getting To Yes’ Author Has Advice on WBUR News.

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