Former Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes

Amanpour

CNN

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🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Iranian state media says a possible agreement is under discussion with the US that could end the war. Regardless if and when a deal is reached, the monumental mistrust between America and the Mideast that's been growing for decades won't abate anytime soon. Our first guest knows all about that. Ben Rhodes is a former Deputy National Security Adviser who cowrote President Obama's landmark 2009 Cairo speech. He's just written a new book, "All We Say: The Battle for American Identity." Also on today's show: Oliver McTernan, Director, Forward Thinking; Ethar El-Katatney, Editor-in-Chief, "Documented" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.3	President Trump promised to end America's forever wars, but can he find a way out of the Iran War of Choice? I speak to Ben Rhodes, former Obama Deputy National Security Advisor. Plus,
0:50.3	We are deepening our operation in Lebanon. The IDF is operating with large forces on the ground and is taking control of strategic areas.
0:59.0	As Israel presses ahead in Lebanon, Gaza remains devastated and violence spikes in the West Bank.
1:06.0	Is there any path to peace?
1:08.0	Conflict resolution expert Oliver McTurin joins me also ahead.
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1:48.1	As negotiations drag on between Washington and Tehran, a draft framework for a possible agreement
1:54.0	is beginning to emerge. Iranian state media reports that the proposal on discussion
1:59.5	would see the US lift its blockade of
2:01.8	Iranian ports and pull American military forces back from Iran's vicinity, while Tehran would
2:08.0	restore commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormoz to pre-war levels within a month.
2:13.8	The White House has denied that report. The on-again, off-again optimism means that oil markets
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