Siniora: U.S. Must Capitalize on bin Laden Killing to Address Mideast Issues
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Siniora: U.S. Must Capitalize on bin Laden Killing to Address Mideast Issues

Explainer Video by Fuad Siniora, Interviewee and Mohamad Bazzi, Interviewer

May 4, 2011 3:30 pm (EST)

Siniora: U.S. Must Capitalize on bin Laden Killing to Address Mideast Issues
Explainer Video

Fuad Siniora, former prime minister of Lebanon, discusses the implications of Osama bin Laden’s death for the Middle East, the Hamas-Fatah agreement, and the U.S. role in supporting the Arab Spring with Mohamad Bazzi, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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