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> Subject: September 3 update Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:42:34 +0000 3 September, 2012 Article 1. The Washington Post Understanding Obama's and Romney's foreign policy differences Jackson Diehl Article 2. National Review Wasted Years Hillel Fradkin & Lewis Libby. Article 3. NYT To Calm Isra

ificantly lower the threshold for a U.S. military strike against Iran. You wouldn't know any of that from listening to the conventions, of course. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama appear determined to avoid serious debate. The GOP convention last week echoed with vague slogans about "American leadership" and

day after. In fact, Egypt will soon conduct a poll on the new constitution, and parliamentary elections will follow to appoint the MPs for the new Constituent Assembly. Cairo realizes that there are still unsettled affairs between Egypt and Iran, most importantly regarding Iran's relations with the Arab Gulf count

lieves more in content than in form, more in reform than in rhetoric. In the past days much has been written about Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's choice of running mate. I know, like, and admire Paul Ryan. For me, the point about him is simple. He is one of only a handful of politicians in Wa

rating is down to 49 percent. The Gallup Economic Confidence Index is at minus 28 (down from minus 13 in May). But Obama is still narrowly ahead of Romney in the polls as far as the popular vote is concerned (50.8 to 48.2) and comfortably ahead in the Electoral College. The pollsters say that Paul Rya

e now rivals. "Salafis are against drafting a constitution. They think it is the Koran," grumbled Merhezia Labidi, the vice chairwoman of Tunisia's Constituent Assembly and a member of Ennanda. Salafis are deepening the divide between Sunni and Shiite Muslims and challenging the "Shiite Crescent," a term coined by

ise -- of a military strike against Iran. Peres understands that ignoring Obama's concerns and instead banking on a victory by Republican candidate Mitt Romney in November, as Netanyahu seems to have done, is very risky if not irresponsible. The second issue concerns the timeline for the drawdown of U.S. f

banking on a victory by Republican candidate Mitt Romney in November, as Netanyahu seems to have done, is

Center for Global Development. Ahram Fierce debates plague final drafts of Egypt's constitution Gamal Essam El-Din 20 Aug 2012 -- The 100-member Constituent Assembly has finished three quarters of the country's new constitution; as it prepares to reconvene post Eid, unresolved issues continue to cause contention