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Regional issues relevant to u. S. Foreign policy in the middle east from israel and the palestinian territories in yemen and afghanistan appear beyond. To have a discussion about this, weve assembled a dream team with experience in the region. Im going to introduce them briefly. And trust me, introducing them in a time efficient manner requires a lot of distlation of their incredible accomplishments across decades of u. S. Foreign service. Im going to start on my left, your right with ambassador gerald federstein who a veteran in the u. S. Foreign service. He was ambassador to yemen in the obama at ministration. Administration. From 20132016 has had many other crucial posts including deputy chief of mission including pakistan and the departments Counterterrorism Bureau and elsewhere in the region, ohman, lebanon and tunisia. Hes Senior Vice President of the middle east institute which is a leading think tank in washington. Immediately to his right is ambassador patrick fills who is pet
Gulf more generally and of course, those issues are linked to a whole range of other regional issues relevant to u. S. Foreign policy in the middle east from israel and the palestinian territories to the conflicts in siria, yemen and afghanistan and beyond, and to have a discussion on such an important and wideranging array of issues we have assembled a Real Dream Team of diplomats with experience in the region and im going introduce them briefly and trust me, introducing them in a timeefficient manner requires distillation of their incredible accomplishments across decades of u. S. Foreign service. Im going to start on my left, your right with ambassador Gerald Feierstein who say 41year career veteran in the u. S. Foreign service and now retired and he was ambassador to yemen during the Obama Administration from 2010 to 13. The Principal Assistant deputy the state for Near Eastern Affairs from 2013 to 16 and has had many other crucial posts of mission in pakistan as well as senior pos