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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

David Remnick and Ryan Lizza on Obama’s foreign-policy speech.

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Barack, Washington, Wickenden, News, Obama, Politics, Wnyc, Lizza, President

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2014

⏱️ 19 minutes

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David Remnick and Ryan Lizza on Obama's foreign-policy speech.

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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker

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writers and editors about politics. It's Thursday, May 29th. I'm Amelia Lester in this

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week for Dorothy Wickenden. Here's my bottom line. America must always lead on the world stage.

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Yesterday at West Point, President Obama gave a much anticipated speech on foreign policy.

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Terrorism is still the most direct threat to America, he said, but he suggested it was in some

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way the end of that era and he put forward a new approach.

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I believe we must shift our counterterrorism strategy, drawing on the successes and shortcomings of our experience in Iraq

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and Afghanistan to more effectively partner with countries where terrorist networks seek a foothold.

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To talk about the speech in Obama's foreign policy, I'm joined by David Remnick, who is the editor

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of the New Yorker, and by Ryan Lizza, the magazine's Washington correspondent.

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Ryan, let's start with you. Why did Obama give the speech now, and what do you think he was

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hoping to achieve? I think the White House has become increasingly frustrated by criticism from

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