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03-17-2016, 01:55 PM #1
Former Defense Secretary Says Obama Went Against the ‘Entire National Security Team’
Mar. 17, 2016 10:59am Kate Scanlon
Former Defense Secretary Says Obama Went Against the ‘Entire National Security Team’ on Egypt Coup
In a preview clip of a Fox News special called “Rising Threats — Shrinking Military,” former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told Bret Baier that the president went against the advice of the “entire national security team” during the Egyptian coup that ousted the country’s president, Hosni Mubarak, in 2013.
According to Gates, Obama called for Mubarak’s immediate removal despite his national security team urging him to be cautious.
“Literally, the entire national security team recommended unanimously handling Mubarak differently than we did,” Gates said. “And the president took the advice of three junior backbenchers in terms of how to treat Mubarak. One of them saying,
‘Mr. President, you gotta be on the right side of the history.’ And I would be sitting there at the table, and I’d say, ‘Yeah, if we could just figure that out, we’d be a long way ahead.’”
Former Defense Secretary Says Obama Went Against the ?Entire National Security Team? on Egypt Coup | TheBlaze.com
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