‘American leadership is under question’ as MidEast conflict escalates
• Sep 28, 2024, 3:08 PM
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The US leadership is coming under question as the conflict in the Middle East escalated with Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a strike on Beirut Friday, The Guardian’s Washington bureau chief David Smith told FRANCE 24. With five weeks to go until November’s presidential election, US President Biden has become a “lame duck president” as he waits to see whether Vice President Kamala Harris or former president Donald Trump will succeed him, Smith said.
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• 5:43 AM
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