Going where Obama feared to tread in Syria – the Albright-Hadley plan
Angry Planet
Matthew Gault
4.2 • 898 Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2016
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Guest host and Reuters Diplomatic Correspondent Arshad Mohammed sits down with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, to discuss a report that amounts to a bipartisan rejection of President Barack Obama's decision to carefully limit U.S. military engagement in the nearly six-year civil war.
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| 0:20.0 | The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the participants, not of Reuters News. We will strengthen our presence and our hand on the ground and we will |
| 0:23.4 | send a message to the Russians and the Iranians |
| 0:26.2 | that we are a player in this situation |
| 0:28.6 | and that neither of them are going to be able to impose their will on Syria. |
| 0:34.0 | Hi, this is Reuters |
| 0:37.0 | Hi, this is Reuters podcast editor and War College producer Bethel Habte, |
| 0:46.4 | filling in for Jason Fields. This week we have a special episode for you from |
| 0:50.8 | Washington, D.C. Reuters diplomatic correspondent Arshad Mohamed |
| 0:54.8 | nabbed an exclusive interview with former Secretary of State |
| 0:58.0 | Madeline Albright, a Democrat, and former National Security |
| 1:01.7 | Advisor Stephen Hadley, a Republican who worked under President George W Bush. |
| 1:06.0 | They've collaborated on a 100-plus page report to guide the next president on what to do in the Middle East. |
| 1:11.0 | They make the case for raising the heat on Assad, but not with a mass |
| 1:15.7 | appointment of U.S. ground troops. They call isolationism, quote, a dangerous illusion. And they haven't shown all this to president-elect Donald Trump yet. |
| 1:29.8 | You're listening to Reuters War College, a discussion of the world in conflict, |
| 1:34.3 | focusing on the stories behind the front lines. I'm Marsha Mohamed, Washington-based diplomatic correspondent for Reuters. |
| 1:49.4 | I'm here with former Secretary of State Madeline Albright and former White House National Security |
| 1:53.6 | Advisor Stephen Hadley to discuss their Middle East Strategy Task Force report. |
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