J. Scott Carpenter Offers Advice to Obama on U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East
557 views · Published 15 January 2009 · 1:25 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
J. Scott Carpenter says the Obama administration must recognize the Bush administrations mission to promote freedom in the Middle East failed and says the U.S. must narrowly define its interests in the region. Carpenter spoke at a recent panel sponsored by the Project on Middle East Democracy and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Carpenter is a Keston Family fellow a The Washington Institute and director of Project Fikra, which focuses on empowering Arab democrats in their struggles against extremism.
