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Iraqi Kurds, oil, and Turkey: Why Amos Hochstein's energy schemes are a disservice to Iraq and US interests

Some Biden administration officials, notably Brett McGurk, White House coordinator for the Middle East, and Amos Hochstein, special presidential coordinator for Global Infrastructure and Energy Security, have been passing through Iraqi Kurdistan, encouraging Iraqi Kurds to sell oil to Turkey while arguing this will bolster US efforts to isolate Russia and Iran. Expert Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former Pentagon official, joins Thanos Davelis to break down why these energy schemes, primarily from officials like Amos Hochstein, are doing not only Iraq, but Iraqi Kurds and US interests from the Middle East to the Eastern Mediterranean a disservice.

Read Michael Rubin’s latest in the Washington Examiner: State Department does Iraq a disservice with energy schemes

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PM ends talks of elections before Easter

Defense ministers agree to keep channels open

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