Cairo, Egypt - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Cairo, Egypt Index / Locations Transcripts Michael McFaul ...That's the way I would put it. And his Cairo speech too, by the way, related t... Jeffrey Feltman ...also in some of the words of the Cairo speech [“A New Beginning”]. So yes, w... ...it just implements itself. I think the Cairo speech is a good example of that. Th... ...speech is a good example of that. The Cairo speech was fantastic. I can quibbl... ...said to me afterwards—we were both in Cairo listening—and he said, “Jeff, I've bee... ...in the interview? In particular, after Cairo , if you were hearing from them, wha... ...days later, January twenty-fifth, the Cairo demonstrations started. The fact tha... ...it was clear that the demonstrations in Cairo were going to continue, that I thin... ...may not have predicted Tahrir Square [ Cairo , Egypt] exploding on Januar... ...don't think it had the impact that the Cairo speech had because it was one bit o... ...stuff that was happening, whereas the Cairo speech really sort of stood alone. On... Show more... Jim Steinberg ...for what happened, whether it's the Cairo speech or—? Yes, I do think the Cair... ...Cairo speech or—? Yes, I do think the Cairo speech is important, both because o... ...these forces at play. So, although the Cairo speech didn't translate, perhaps, int... ...the course of events on the ground in Cairo . To that question of the attitud... ...I would call it a follow-on to the Cairo speech. I would characterize it tha... James Clapper ...rioting and attacks on our embassy in Cairo , for example? He went there wit... John Brennan ...to go off to the American University in Cairo during my junior year. I was a studen... ...up and go to the American University in Cairo in 1975, which is where I started m... ...in me. But it wasn't until I went to Cairo and had the opportunity to actuall... ...just mentioned are encapsulated in that Cairo speech in June of 2009. As somebody wh... ...who spent their formative years in Cairo , how do you hear that speech? What di... ...Well, President Obama, when he went to Cairo in 2009 and delivered his speech, i... ...the world. Did you travel with him to Cairo for that speech? No, I didn't go wit... ...I would have liked to have gone back to Cairo . I went back to Cairo a number o... ...have gone back to Cairo. I went back to Cairo a number of times after that, but no... ...in history by the magnitude of the Cairo speech. But it's an equally importan... ...in Tunisia and in Tahrir Square [ Cairo , Egypt]? What did you think was takin... ...going to be killed on the streets of Cairo , or Tripoli [Libya] or Sanaa [Yemen]... Show more... Tawakkol Karman ...in touch with activists in places like Cairo , and in Bahrain, and elsewhere, o... Rumana Ahmed ...to become an intern was his 2009 Cairo speech, which was called “A Ne... ...or maybe it's what you heard in the Cairo speech, but I just wanted to hear ... ...but also beyond that as well. The Cairo speech then took it to the next ste... ...are made around policy as well. The Cairo speech is so interesting. It's almos... ...discussion. Connecting back to the Cairo speech, a lot of what Obama had talke... Robert Gates ...on in Tunisia, and then Tahrir Square [ Cairo , Egypt], and some of the othe... Susan Rice ...those speeches during the first year in Cairo and in Prague, understanding hi... William Taylor ...the Bush years. Obama in 2009, in the Cairo speech, he does talk about democrac... ...think at the time the USAID mission in Cairo was the largest in the world. An... ...the security in Tunisia and in Egypt at Cairo , where the ability, the environmen... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Democrats Democrats go to the Russia Russia go to the Agriculture Agriculture go to the Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa go to the Labor Labor