A direct rebuke to Obama’s 2009 speech

The World

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. 

Sign up for our daily newsletter

Sign up for The Top of the World, delivered to your inbox every weekday morning.