US VP Biden: We Couldn’t Convince Our Mideast Allies to Stop Supporting Extremists in Syria
After answering questions for 30 minutes longer than planned, Biden was cut off by Ellwood. He then motioned for those who still had questions to come up and ask them personally, at which time a crowd of students surrounded him, discussing foreign policy and snapping selfies.
“I feel like the speech was very formal, very `U.S. rah rah’ because he sort of has to do that,” Timothy H. Shea ’18 said. “The good old Biden shows up when he’s asked questions and responds. He’s still one of the most genuine politicians I’ve ever heard speak.”
“He wants us to not give up on America. He wants to make sure we are still confident in our country, confident in our leadership, confident in our ability,” Osaremen F. Okolo ’17 said.
According to IOP spokesperson Esten Perez, more people entered the lottery for Thursday’s event than any other in the Institute’s history. The forum fits 750 people.
Daily Press Briefing | Oct. 3. 2014 |
Ms. Psaki: A couple of items for all of you at the top. Today the State Department launched the website state.gov/counteringisil. This webpage has the most up-to-date public information about the coalition, including the latest stats on members and their public support for coalition efforts. Our colleagues at DOD have today also launched their website, defense.gov/counter-ISIL, which has up-to-the-minute information about the military line of this coalition effort, targeting – targeted operations against ISIL terrorists and infrastructure.
See my previous diary – Flawed Reasoning and Misleading Projection On ISIL Origin.
