WMAL Interview - AMB JOHN BOLTON - 09.20.16

INTERVIEW — AMB. JOHN BOLTON – former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute – previewed Obama’s final speech at the UN and analyzed this weekend’s terror incidents.

Russia calls for emergency UN Security Council meeting over airstrikes on Syrian troops. (CNN)Hours after US-led coalition airstrikes reportedly killed dozens of Syrian troops, the US and Russian ambassadors to the United Nations chastised each other outside an emergency Security Council meeting. The strike occurred Saturday in an eastern part of Syria that is not a part of a delicate and nearly week-old ceasefire. The US military said it was targeting ISIS militants and if it hit Syrian troops, it was an accident.
World Leaders at UN Approve Plan for Refugee Crisis. UNITED NATIONS — World leaders on Monday approved a declaration aimed at providing a more coordinated and humane response to the refugee crisis that has strained resources and sparked divisions from Africa to Europe. The issue of what to do about the world’s 65.3 million displaced people took center stage at the U.N. General Assembly with leaders from the 193 member states taking part in the first-ever summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants.
Obama, in final visit to United Nations, to focus on refugees. NEW YORK — President Obama will push world leaders to do more to meet the needs of the world’s swelling throngs of refugees on Tuesday, telling the United Nations that the entire world has a responsibility to help families displaced by war and persecution.
Thoughts on the 3 terror incidents over the weekend