There are many complications that could derail the negotiations, but if a deal comes together The Middle East Strongest Military and most technically advanced power, israel, will be allied to the regions strongest economic power, saudi arabia which is still the Swing Supplier of the worlds oil all under an American Security architecture. That would be a major win for washington. For over a decade now the u. S. Has been searching for a role in The Middle East that is not the Old Quasi Imperial One and yet skurs American Interest in this crucial region allowing washington to focus on the larger challenges posed by russia and china. By organizing a soft alliance between israel and saudi arabia, biden can rely on these two countries to anchor the region economically and militarily. There is a price, of course, and its substantial. Saudi arabia wants an American Security guarantee and American Technology to build a Nuclear Energy industry. That includes the domestic enrichment of uranium wh
This is gps the Global Public square. Welcome to all of you around the United States and Around The World. Im Fareed Zakaria coming to you from new york city. Here is my take. The world that probably bests describes the Biden Administrations efforts and Public Policy is ambitious. Most of its initiatives from Infrastructure Funding to support for green transformation to aiding ukraine are big and bold. Now the white house is trying to put together another major effort that if successful will be a game changer. The saudiisraeli normization. There are many complications that could derail the negotiations but if a deal comes together, The Middle East Strongest Military and most technically advanced power, israel, will be allied to the regions strongest economic power, saudi arabia, which is still the Swing Suppliers of the worlds oil. All under an American Security architecture. That would be a major win for washington. For over a decade now, the u. S. Has been searching for a role in The
Facebook guy, worth 42 billion, 9th richest in the world. A victory for technology and the sharing economy, new york backs away from restrictions on uber. And hes back Anthony Weiner hes got a job, consults on pr nightmares. Hes qualified. Varney company is about to begin. Here is something you dont see that often, right of Center People im going to call them conservative on this issue, taking to the streets by the thousands in times square to protest the iran nuke deal. Ashley webster is here. I dont think he was there last night. I was not, but we normally talk about the silent majority not the case this time. 8 to 12,000 people flooding into times square. I cant imagine the nightmare. It was organized by a group called stop iran now. And they loudly booed any mention of president obama or Hillary Clinton, basically they were saying look this is a bad deal for israel terrible for the country, and we cannot let this go through. As you mentioned already, this thing has been passed by t
Democratic party, that needs near new unanimous support from our community, and we have to climb over obstacle after obstacle to vote. Africanamericans are standing in long lines in the rain to vote. And we elect a party that until recently would not even break its breath to talk about the issue. In fact, was on the wrong side of the issue for way too long. Clearly, for very the Latino Community, immigration is number one. For women, choices number one. The africanamerican humidity has a thousand problems, but for us mass incarceration, where you stand on locking up an entire generation of africanamericans for something we know kids are doing right now, is the number one issue. Anybody i dont care who you are, i dont care what you did in 1963 or 2009 or yesterday if you grab a microphone and you say you are a progressive and you dont speak about this issue with some passion and some heart as ifme concern and care, it were your children under this level of threat, you cannot and should
The one. And said to myself is why the president put you here. So i recognized common even with the large staffs that we have around us that we surround ourselves with, every once in a while you have to take an independent look at something and not be afraid to realize that maybe they bureaucracy has got this wrong and you happen to be right. And i did that on a number of occasions at the pentagon. Okay. As i prepared to yield to dr. Coburn im reminded of the many definitional issue. One of my favorite, it goes Something Like this. Leadership whenever else is marching to the wrong tune. Leadership also requires folks to lead. And help you leave the department. My colleagues and i know that we, as you said his position has been vacant for months. The deputy position, deputy secretary for over half a year and there are a number of positions they need to be filtered the administration has obligation to nominate many people and we have an obligation to act on them. I hope we will probably