Spring Break
NY Times's David Sanger addresses Hopkins
Issue date: 3/5/09
Iran was also a key part of Sanger's speech.
He enumerated the various steps the Obama administration may have to take in order to prevent the Iranians from developing illegal nuclear weapons.
"[Iran] is going to be the real test of the Obama administration," Sanger said. "He's going to have to decide whether to keep undermining the Iran nuclear program even while negotiating with the Iranians . . . our room for error at this point is very limited."
Sanger recounted trips by members of the Mossad, an Israeli intelligence agency, and Israeli government officials to Washington in April and May to confront the President about his failure to solve the problem of growing preponderance and unrest in Iran.
"The result is that the Israelis backed down," Sanger said. "But some time this year, they're going to come back."
Sanger predicted that rising conflicts between Hamas in Gaza, Fatah in the West Bank and the Israeli government may prove to be problematic for the United States.
"We have a new Israeli Prime Minister who says that the Iranian problem is far greater than the Palestinian problem," Sanger said. "I think you're going to see Washington and Jerusalem split significantly on this issue."
After the speech, Sanger had some words of wisdom for both President Obama and members of the Hopkins community.
"We have to restore the balance," Sanger said, directed towards the U.S. government. "The price of distraction when you are so overwhelmingly focused on one goal is that you lose sight of everything else. The hardest thing to do is to stay on an even keel. If you're not strong at home, you can't be strong abroad, and you can't deal with national security."
When asked what the world might be like for Hopkins undergraduate students who will soon be inheriting the problems caused by previous generations, Sanger struck both a negative and a positive note.
"The silver lining of coming out of Hopkins in a time of great downturn is that you're likely to be part of the solution," Sanger said.
"It would be worse to have this happen early in careers, but you have the benefit of seeing what got messed up and why. This is all a reflection of the fact that we made a lot of mistakes along the way here."
Sanger has won various awards for his work in journalism and has been a member of two news teams that received Pulitzer prizes.
The FAS Symposium will host various speakers over the spring semester, including Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment and author of Dangerous Nation Robert Kagan, who will come to Hopkins on March 11.
He enumerated the various steps the Obama administration may have to take in order to prevent the Iranians from developing illegal nuclear weapons.
"[Iran] is going to be the real test of the Obama administration," Sanger said. "He's going to have to decide whether to keep undermining the Iran nuclear program even while negotiating with the Iranians . . . our room for error at this point is very limited."
Sanger recounted trips by members of the Mossad, an Israeli intelligence agency, and Israeli government officials to Washington in April and May to confront the President about his failure to solve the problem of growing preponderance and unrest in Iran.
"The result is that the Israelis backed down," Sanger said. "But some time this year, they're going to come back."
Sanger predicted that rising conflicts between Hamas in Gaza, Fatah in the West Bank and the Israeli government may prove to be problematic for the United States.
"We have a new Israeli Prime Minister who says that the Iranian problem is far greater than the Palestinian problem," Sanger said. "I think you're going to see Washington and Jerusalem split significantly on this issue."
After the speech, Sanger had some words of wisdom for both President Obama and members of the Hopkins community.
"We have to restore the balance," Sanger said, directed towards the U.S. government. "The price of distraction when you are so overwhelmingly focused on one goal is that you lose sight of everything else. The hardest thing to do is to stay on an even keel. If you're not strong at home, you can't be strong abroad, and you can't deal with national security."
When asked what the world might be like for Hopkins undergraduate students who will soon be inheriting the problems caused by previous generations, Sanger struck both a negative and a positive note.
"The silver lining of coming out of Hopkins in a time of great downturn is that you're likely to be part of the solution," Sanger said.
"It would be worse to have this happen early in careers, but you have the benefit of seeing what got messed up and why. This is all a reflection of the fact that we made a lot of mistakes along the way here."
Sanger has won various awards for his work in journalism and has been a member of two news teams that received Pulitzer prizes.
The FAS Symposium will host various speakers over the spring semester, including Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment and author of Dangerous Nation Robert Kagan, who will come to Hopkins on March 11.
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Great news I must say.
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