Lebanon gets a new president after 2 years without a leader

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Lebanon has not had a president since 2022, even though the country’s parliament has tried 12 times to elect a head of state. On Thursday, there was a vote, with a winner: Joseph Aoun,  a Lebanese army general. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Alia Ibrahim, a reporter and co-founder at the online news site Daraj, about the outcome.