• Who could replace John Bolton as Trump's national security adviser?

    Who could replace John Bolton as Trump's national security adviser?

    Sep 11, 2019 09:16 PM EST

    “No matter what you think of Bolton and his worldview, he was an influence in the White House that may have dampened Trump’s reckless outreach to North Korea,” he said. Daniel Benjamin, the director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College, argued the ...

  • U.S. weighs designating Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group

    U.S. weighs designating Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group

    Apr 30, 2019 09:00 PM EST

    ... concerns that designating the Muslim Brotherhood could create diplomatic complications for the administration because the group is so widespread, Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway replied: "No." Daniel Benjamin, former counterterrorism coordinator at the State Department, said the department looked into designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization in 2017 and ...

  • On Iran and anti-extremism, Trump strikes different note from his predecessors

    On Iran and anti-extremism, Trump strikes different note from his predecessors

    May 22, 2017 11:54 PM EST

    president had to say. Thank you, all three, Robin Wright, Daniel Benjamin, Elliott Abrams. Thank you. ROBIN WRIGHT: Thank you. ELLIOTT ABRAMS: You're welcome.

  • Experts skeptical that limiting refugees would deter terrorism

    Experts skeptical that limiting refugees would deter terrorism

    Jan 28, 2017 12:32 AM EST

    ... ANTONIO MORA: President Trump's executive order to limit refugees, immigrants and visitors to the United States aims to reduce the possibility of terrorist attacks here at home. But will it be effective? We get two views. Daniel Benjamin was ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism at the ...

  • Why Europe has a problem of Islamic State terrorism

    Why Europe has a problem of Islamic State terrorism

    Mar 23, 2016 11:39 PM EST

    ... seas, if you will. GWEN IFILL: Well, Joby Warrick, Daniel Benjamin mentions that there are only 45 casualties since 2004, including Madrid and Paris and... DANIEL BENJAMIN: No, no, I'm sorry. In Europe, you have had closer to 500. GWEN IFILL: In Europe, oh, 500. DANIEL BENJAMIN: In the ...

  • Security officials raise alert for Fourth of July despite lack of specific threat

    Security officials raise alert for Fourth of July despite lack of specific threat

    Jul 03, 2015 10:33 PM EST

    ... out a violent attack. That was in Brussels at a Jewish museum. But most of the activity has been by people who are motivated to show that they too are part of the cause. HARI SREENIVASAN: All right, Daniel Benjamin from Dartmouth College, thanks so much. DANIEL BENJAMIN: My pleasure.

  • Second beheading dares U.S. to act

    Second beheading dares U.S. to act

    Sep 03, 2014 12:59 PM EST

    ... are calling for. “This execution is, of course, going to raise the pressure on the president enormously to do something in the near term,” said Daniel Benjamin, former U.S. ambassador-at-large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the State Department during Obama’s first term, on Tuesday’s NewsHour ...

  • How should the U.S. respond to Steven Sotloff’s killing?

    How should the U.S. respond to Steven Sotloff’s killing?

    Sep 02, 2014 11:41 PM EST

    ... willing to take on that broader strategy that is, as I said, has to include Syria, as well as Iraq. JUDY WOODRUFF: And what form, Daniel Benjamin, do you see that strategy taking?  How much more aggressive or not should the U.S. be at this point? DANIEL BENJAMIN: Well ...

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    Alleged 9/11 Plotters Have Another Day in Guantanamo Court

    Jun 16, 2013 09:54 PM EST

    ... Resources Arun Rath of PBS' Frontline and Josh Meyer, co-author of "The Hunt for KSM" describe the defendants' last court appearance in May 2012: // Daniel Benjamin, who was on the National Security Council under the Clinton administration, and Zachary Abuza, associate professor at Simmons College in Boston, discuss what ...

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    News Wrap: Taliban May Be Considering New Talks

    Oct 14, 2010 08:30 PM EST

    According to the head of Afghanistan's new peace council, the Taliban is ready to take part in serious peace negotiations. But the council's chairman warned the process won't happen over night.