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Mike Pompeo is just more of the same

By Daniel DePetris
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Mike Pompeo is just more of the same

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Jan. 10 address at the American University in Cairo was meant to be a reference point for U.S. policy in the Middle East. Yet if that was the explicit goal, the speech failed on all counts.

Indeed, when Pompeo stepped off the stage in Egypt, Americans who were watching could be forgiven for believing that tens of thousands of U.S. troops will be parked in the sands and valleys of the Middle East for eternity.

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