Obama Favors Expediency over Real Change in Middle East
Mohamad Bazzi discusses the contradictions between U.S. rhetoric and actions in the Middle East.
Speaker: Steven A. Cook, Douglas Dillon Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
September 20, 2007
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