Secretary of State Mike Pompeo never mentions him by name, but in his speech today in Cairo he didn’t shy away from mentioning former President Barack Obama’s promise of a “new beginning” with the Arab world 10 years ago, and, at times, mocking it. Host Marco Werman speaks with Magdi Abdelhadi, a British Egyptian political commentator in Cairo, about the two speeches.
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