TV Debrief with tape: Some Confusion, Frustration After Executive Order On Refugees

There is still much confusion around President Donald Trump’s Executive Order temporarily barring citizens from seven largely Muslim countries, and refugees, from entering the U.S.

After the President signed the Order Friday, came news that a Syrian family had been scheduled to leave a refugee camp in Turkey Monday, to arrive in Cleveland Tuesday.

ideastream’s Tony Ganzer shares some of the local reaction to the travel ban from refugee resettlement organization US Together, and a Syrian business owner living in Northeast Ohio.

https://youtu.be/gkzn0meCGWw

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C-SPAN Discussion: The Next President’s Foreign Policy Inbox

What should the main international priorities be for the next U.S. President? Join us, the Cleveland Council on World Affairs, International Partners in Mission, and the Northeast Ohio Consortium for Middle Eastern Studies (NOCMES) for a free conversation on the foreign policy issues facing our next president.

Panelists include:
Anand Gopal, journalist and author of No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban and the War Through Afghan Eyes
Kathryn Lavelle, Ph.D., Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs, Case Western Reserve University
Qingshan Forrest Tan, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, Cleveland State University

This discussion is moderated by WCPN host/producer Tony Ganzer. The full video is here.

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