Biden's Foreign Policy Dilemma
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2023
⏱️ 18 minutes
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This episode: political correspondent Sarah McCammon, White House correspondent Asma Khalid, and national security correspondent Greg Myre.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Sarah McCammon, I cover the presidential campaign. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm As Mahalid, I cover the White House. And I'm Greg Myry. |
| 0:13.0 | I cover national security. |
| 0:14.0 | Today we're taking a look at the year in foreign policy |
| 0:17.0 | and what a significant year it has been. |
| 0:20.0 | The wars abroad have reshaped both global and domestic politics. |
| 0:24.6 | And Greg, I want to start with you. |
| 0:25.9 | You've spent time in both Israel and Ukraine doing some really wonderful reporting, and I want |
| 0:30.6 | to talk first about the war between Israel and Hamas. |
| 0:33.4 | It's been just a few months since Hamas invaded Israel from Gaza. |
| 0:36.7 | It comes after decades of conflict, but this war has been particularly deadly. |
| 0:41.5 | Put this in perspective for us, if you would, Greg, |
| 0:44.4 | how do you assess the current status of that war |
| 0:46.9 | and also where it may be going? |
| 0:48.4 | Sure, Sarah. |
| 0:50.1 | The Hamas attack on October 7th was unprecedented in its scope and scale and |
| 0:55.8 | Israel launched a major offensive against Hamas. It's been going on for over two months |
| 1:01.8 | now and the goal in this conflict is different |
| 1:04.9 | from all the previous fighting we've seen between Israel and Hamas over the past couple |
| 1:09.6 | decades Israel says its intent is to destroy Hamas this time, not just to degrade it. |
| 1:16.0 | Israel has bombed Gaza every day for more than two months. |
| 1:22.0 | Its troops have largely taken over the northern part of |
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