Biden to balance human rights and Middle East realities during visit to the region

PBS News Hour - World

English - July 10, 2022 21:40 - 6 minutes - 6.15 MB - ★★★★ - 79 ratings
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President Biden this week is making his first trip to the Middle East as president with stops in Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia. But It will take delicate diplomacy for an administration that's promised to make human rights central to its foreign policy as it tries to lower gas prices and advance cooperation. Shibley Telhami, of the Brookings Institution, joins Nick Schifrin to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders