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
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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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