Posted 1/18/2024, 9:21:15 PM
House Democrats Seek Firing of Biden Adviser Over Controversial Middle East Policies
- Democrats in House plan to ask Biden to fire Middle East adviser Brett McGurk due to controversial policies
- Progressives feel McGurk is driving harmful Middle East policy focused too much on ties with Saudi Arabia
- McGurk pushed Biden's meeting with Saudi Crown Prince despite rights concerns, then Saudis raised oil prices
- McGurk circulating plan to link Gaza rebuilding to Saudi-Israel deal, but plan seen as unlikely to resolve conflict
- Critics say McGurk has decades of faulty judgment on Iraq, Syria, Yemen; redemption narrative around work on Yemen truce fading