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Need To Know | President Obama and the Arab Spring | PBS

Duration: 07:51
Program: Need to Know #154
Broadcast Date: May. 20, 2011

Alison Stewart talks with Georgetown University's John Esposito about President Obama's efforts to redefine U.S. policy towards the Middle East and North Africa in the wake of the Arab Spring.

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