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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Dexter Filkins and Jon Lee Anderson on Obama and Syria.

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

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

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2013

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Dexter Filkins and Jon Lee Anderson on Obama and Syria.

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

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about politics. It's Thursday, May 9th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

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At a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, President Obama reiterated his position on Syria.

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There's a desire for easy answers.

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That's not the situation there.

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My job is to constantly measure our very real and legitimate

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humanitarian and national security interests in Syria,

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but measuring those against my bottom line which is

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what's in the best interests of America's security. He went on to say that he wouldn't

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make those decisions based on a hope and a prayer, but on more detailed

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intelligence reports. Dexter Filkins and John Lee Anderson are here to talk about

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the war in Syria and about how Obama is pursuing American diplomatic and

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