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How ISIS and Al-Qaeda flourished in Syria

Biggest Problem is Our Allies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npd4OSPJrt0&t=147s
Hillary Clinton on ISIS
https://x.com/MiddleEast_ev/status/2003173806178005102?s=20
https://x.com/ginyadnan/status/2002315177539072255?s=20
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🗣️ Biden’s Harvard remarks (October 2, 2014)
Multiple reputable news outlets say Biden spoke at the Harvard Kennedy School in early October 2014, and during his remarks he:

➡️ said that some U.S. allies — including Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE — had supported opposition fighters in Syria with funds and weapons.
➡️ suggested that the fighters supplied included extremist groups like al-Nusra and ISIS.
➡️ said that Turkish President Erdoğan had admitted to him that Turkey “let too many people through” into Syria — a point Erdoğan denied.
Daily Sabah
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This is the speech you’re trying to locate — but again:

📍 No official transcript of the Harvard Kennedy School speech from Biden is hosted on the White House archives or Harvard’s official site that matches the full content of what he said.
Instead, all known references come from news reporting summarizing his remarks.
Daily Sabah

Example of the reporting:

At the Harvard speech, Biden said the “biggest problem” was U.S. allies sending money and weapons to fighters in Syria — and he mentioned Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. Erdoğan reacted angrily, denying the claim and demanding an apology. Biden then apologized for how the comments were interpreted.
Daily Sabah

📞 Biden apologizes afterward
After the Harvard remarks:

Biden called Erdoğan and apologized for any implication that Turkey deliberately helped ISIS or other extremist groups.
AA

White House clarified he did not mean to say Turkey or other allies intentionally supported extremists.
AA

This apology itself was officially reported by news outlets (e.g., CBS News, Anadolu Agency), but is not a full transcript of the prior speech — just the clarification and apology.
CBS News

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