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Policy EventP2FEATURED
May 19, 2011
U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
Audience view of President Obama's Middle East and North Africa address at the State Department, May 19, 2011. Official White House Photo.
Official White House Photo

P2 advance support for President Obama's landmark 'Moment of Opportunity' address on U.S. policy in the Middle East and North Africa, delivered in the State Department's Benjamin Franklin Room. One of the most significant foreign policy speeches of the Obama presidency, with Secretary Clinton, Senator Kerry, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mullen in attendance. Speech was broadcast live with simultaneous Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew interpretation. The address called for democratic reform across the region in the wake of the Arab Spring.

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