Park 51 Context: Imam Rauf's Comments on American Mideast Policy

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 25, 2010

Comments about American policy in the Middle East that Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf made in the aftermath of 9/11 are stirring the controversy over the proposed mosque and cultural center near ground zero. Kenneth Adelman, member of the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board under George W. Bush and former director of arms control under Ronald Reagan, revisits the conversation about US policy that took place after 9/11 and helps put the Imam's comments into context.

→ Watch Videos We Played Today: Bush Speech on Iraq and Middle East (11/6/2003) | Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf on 60 Minutes

→ Complete WNYC Coverage of the Park51 Development

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