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Will Biden be Obama redux for the Middle East? In-depth: Recent normalization between Israel and parts of the Arab world – borne largely out fear of Iranian influence – means the new president and his foreign policy team are returning to a region very changed from just four years ago The Media Line | Published: 01.16.21 , 22:40 Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed last week that he has met with his designated successor, Antony Blinken. Both have been trusted, loyal confidantes of their respective bosses. And after Pompeo and his boss Donald Trump made it their stated...
A more complicated party. i'm joined by msnbc contributor and the washington editor at large for "the atlantic," steve clemens, of course also founder of the american strategy program at the new america foundation. steve, i know we have a little bit of a satellite delay, so i'm going to get right to my first question. you're traveling with vice president biden. let's get right to this issue of a standoff. are the japanese satisfied? did vice president biden satisfy the japanese that the u.s. is sticking by them in this dispute with china over what "the times" calls a pile of rocks? >> well, at...
Msnbc. >> kristen welker, thank you for the latest. outside of condemning the violence in egypt, the united states is staying on the sidelines in egypt. is that the right move? to talk about that is steve clemon, washington editor at large, for "the atlantic" and also founder of the american strategy program at the new america foundation. steve, what i want to know, as someone coming to this is, are we making the right move, from your expert opinion, are we making the right move in staying on the sidelines -- john kerry called it deplorable. the united states hasn't gone further than that. is ...
According to martial law imposed last week. today, a 71-year-old man died of tear gas asphyxiation, joining at least 20 others killed in bahrain in two months of uprisings. white house press secretary jay carney defined the difference between those violent protests across the middle east and what demanded military action in libya. >> on the question of what's different about libya, i think scale is important here. the enormity of the potential violence, the amount of violence that had occurred against civilian populations, but also what was about to occur, and be obviously factors in this. >> ...