#LEBANON: Hezbollah must be moved back. David Schenker is the Taube Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics. Confirmed by the Senate on June 5, 2019, he served as Assistant Secretary of

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#LEBANON: Hezbollah must be moved back. David Schenker is the Taube Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics. Confirmed by the Senate on June 5, 2019, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs through January 2021. In that capacity, he was the principal Middle East advisor to the secretary of state and the senior official overseeing the conduct of U.S. policy and diplomacy in a region stretching from Morocco to Iran to Yemen, with responsibility for eighteen countries, the Palestinian Authority, and Western Sahara. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1

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0:00.0	Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival,
0:05.9	three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her oversized
0:10.2	tent. Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend.
0:13.1	All right.
0:14.0	Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior.
0:16.8	And don't get us started on Mel.
0:19.4	But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.
0:22.6	All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat. Keep everyone's plans alive when you
0:27.1	travel with us. P, and O'Ferees, there is another way. This is CBSi and the world. I'm John Bachelor. Welcome online conference of
0:39.2	presidents, my colleague and co-host here the 18th day of July, 40 years ago, the Jewish
0:45.9	Center in Buenos Aires was attacked by gangsters and monsters.
0:50.9	Mass murder followed.
0:52.7	The suspicion ever since is that that attack was launched in part by Hezbollah, the terrorist
1:00.7	organization that dwells and dominates Lebanon. We welcome terrorist organization Arab politics David Shanker. Within these last days,
1:14.0	Hassan Narshrhrallah, the General Secretary of Hezbollah,
1:17.0	has gone out of its way to make direct threats against Israel.
1:21.0	We will rain missiles down on parts that haven't been attacked so far.
1:25.0	A hundred thousand people have been evacuated from the north of Israel.
1:29.0	It is a constant worry.
1:31.0	David, a very good evening to you.
1:33.6	Thank you for this.
1:34.6	I understand Hassan Niswala recently shouted out your name, the threats that he's made and
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