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HARDtalk: Mortimer Zuckerman, US media owner and commentator

01/02/2011

Mortimer Zuckerman, US media owner and commentator

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Stephen Sackur discusses US strategy in the Middle East with Mortimer Zuckerman.

Stephen Sackur asks media commentator Mortimer Zuckerman whether, in this age of popular Arab revolt, it is time for the US to rethink its regional strategy.

Is the United States about to reap a bitter harvest from its long-time strategic support of the Mubarak government in Egypt? Many of the protesters on the streets don't just want their ageing president to be gone, they want US influence out of their country too. 

Mortimer Zuckerman has for years been a vigorous contributor to the debate about American strategy in the Middle East. He is a billionaire businessman, media mogul and influential figure in the American Jewish community. Stephen Sackur asks him whether, in this age of popular Arab revolt, it is time for the US to rethink its regional strategy.

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