Muslim Brotherhood - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Muslim Brotherhood Index / Organizations Transcripts David Axelrod ...after the election, when the Muslim Brotherhood took over in a despotic way. Mubara... Michael Kassen ...which led to the rise, ultimately, of a Muslim Brotherhood president, [Mohamed] Morsi. Again, jus... ...weren't under Morsi either, under the Muslim Brotherhood . But I think that was a bad decisio... Dennis Ross ...Especially in Egypt, it was the Muslim Brotherhood . They had the whole network of Hama... ...was no organization—other than what the Muslim Brotherhood had. So from the very beginning, I fel... ...had the worst force in the sense of the Muslim Brotherhood ; but then also the military, th... ...your concerns about the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood . Is it your sense that there i... ...single one of the advantages of the Muslim Brotherhood ; because the election basically was t... ...doesn't nearly give advantage to the Muslim Brotherhood in the same way. If you're voting i... ...was less completely beneficial to the Muslim Brotherhood . The way this was done by Tantaw... ...Who are the ones who have the arms? The Muslim Brotherhood or worse.” That's the irony. In 2011... ...the irony. In 2011, we're talking about Muslim Brotherhood . By 2012, the Muslim Brotherhoo... ...about Muslim Brotherhood. By 2012, the Muslim Brotherhood looked good compared to what you wer... ...He said, “If we remove Assad and the Muslim Brotherhood takes his place—” again, Musli... ...Brotherhood takes his place—” again, Muslim Brotherhood ; not ISIS [Islamic State of Iraq an... ...of all the Islamist groups “—and the Muslim Brotherhood takes his place, we lost th... Show more... Derek Chollet ...an election that then led to the first Muslim Brotherhood elected president of Egypt, Mohame... ...he had been long affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood , was seen [as] and was an Islamist... Michael McFaul ...Their bogeyman was the Communists. The Muslim Brotherhood is the bogeyman in this current story... Jeffrey Feltman ...you have no opposition members, no Muslim Brotherhood members in the Parliament. It was wors... ...really organized on the ground was the Muslim Brotherhood . But the Egyptians were just—th... ...parties that could have stood up to the Muslim Brotherhood , so that you wouldn't have had th... ...in fact, in terms of the voting, the Muslim Brotherhood wasn't that dominant; it was just tha... William Taylor ...a bunch of times. As you recall, the Muslim Brotherhood , they had done their homework, lai... ...their local government contacts. The Muslim Brotherhood had been suppressed and oppressed fo... ...finally left, the people supported the Muslim Brotherhood , and Muslim Brotherhood won th... ...supported the Muslim Brotherhood, and Muslim Brotherhood won the elections. Was it Mohame... ...satisfied with an election in which the Muslim Brotherhood wonm and you said, “Yes, I think we'l... ...leaders. Now, you're right; because the Muslim Brotherhood had in their past been violent, and i... ...attacks, 2001] or whatever, the Muslim Brotherhood ; we talked about that. So it wasn'... Show more... William Burns ...representative to meet with the Muslim Brotherhood . Is that correct? I think, yes. Ou... ...We should've pushed back against the Muslim Brotherhood government sooner than we did when i... Anne Patterson ...that I'm eager to discuss is the Muslim Brotherhood [MB], and their growing, forma... ...kind of access did you have with the Muslim Brotherhood government? We had great access t... ...We had great access to the Muslim Brotherhood , and we had very good access t... ...the protest, voicing concerns to the Muslim Brotherhood , dealing with the military? What wa... ...We certainly voiced concerns to the Muslim Brotherhood and to the military. The Brotherhood... ...as the guy in charge. The head of the Muslim Brotherhood was a guy named Khairat al-Shater... ...the Qataris had good relations with the Muslim Brotherhood . Then he was arrested, and the othe... Show more... Samantha Power ...streets. And there were claims about Muslim Brotherhood involvement, which was the mos... ...side, because of concerns about the Muslim Brotherhood , and the fears of radicalization i... ...the fact that the election produced a Muslim Brotherhood president in the first instance, whic... ...al-Sisi, for example. A belief that the Muslim Brotherhood and ISIS are the same, even thoug... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Asia Rebalance Asia Rebalance go to the Democrats Democrats go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Labor Labor go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy