Middle East; Obama’s Budget; Entertainment News
Wednesday February 23, 2011
The Middle East continues to be rocked by unrest in a number of countries. What started in Tunisia last month has spread to Egypt, then Yemen, Bahrain, and Libya, where there has been substantial violence and a call for long-time leader Moammar Gadhafi to step down. James Zogby, founder and president of the Arab American Institute in Washington, D.C., and author of Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us, and Why It Matters, examines the turmoil in that volatile region.
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