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John Marshall's phrase) in foreign affairs. The Constitution gives him sole authority to "receive Ambassadors and other public ministers" and since George Washington's presidency this authority has been understood to include the right to grant or withhold U.S. recognition of a foreign state's existence

nally committed to the executive. That is no place for the courts. Messrs. Rivkin and Casey served in the Justice Department during the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. EFTA00586783 13 The Washington Post Ryan Crocker's `strategic patience' in Afghanistan Jackson Diehl September 12 -- Ryan Cr

ortrayed himself as a neo-Ottoman savior. "Believe me, Sarajevo won today as much as Istanbul, Beirut won as much as Izmir, Damascus won as much as Ankara!" he told cheering crowds at a victory speech in the capital. "The West Bank and Jerusalem won as much as [Turkish Kurdistan's leading city] Diyarb

ined with forbearance, and allow the weakness of their system to undermine them over time. Other presidents have similarly succeeded by avoidance. George H.W. Bush, to cite another example, deserves great credit for ensuring that when the Soviet empire did fall, as Eisenhower had much earlier worked to make ha

ed that it distorts reality for political motivations. While Erdogan talks about a "revolution in mentality," the unfortunate events of Oct. 29 in Ankara, when police sprayed tear gas and used fire hoses on people who gathered to celebrate the country's 89th birthday, exemplifies his intolerance of

sure, of these wars that we get into that sometimes do not represent a direct national security threat to the United States." Baker argued that the George H.W. Bush-led 1990-1991 Gulf War, which was prosecuted by an international coalition Baker himself played a key role in creating, was a more successful model

ih Idiz August/10/2012 -- Syria has made a mockery of Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's "zero problems with neighbors" policy. Just two years ago Ankara was going out of its way to court Bashar al-Assad, in apparent defiance of the West. It was also courting Iran in a similar fashion at the time. A

ons. Friends say Barr is accustomed to pressure-cooker situations by virtue of his experience as attorney general from 1991 to 1993 under President George H.W. Bush and other senior Justice Department jobs. He had leadership roles when Los Angeles erupted in riots after the Rodney King verdict and when Cuban inm

r Turkey. He has pleaded not guilty. Also under indictment is Kamil Ekim Alptekin, a Turkish businessman who hired Flynn's firm and has denied that Ankara played any role in the contract. A different scheme was unearthed while Mueller prosecuted Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, the chairman and deputy ch

ons. Friends say Barr is accustomed to pressure-cooker situations by virtue of his experience as attorney general from 1991 to 1993 under President George H.W. Bush and other senior Justice Department jobs. He had leadership roles when Los Angeles erupted in riots after the Rodney King verdict and when Cuban inm

r Turkey. He has pleaded not guilty. Also under indictment is Kamil Ekim Alptekin, a Turkish businessman who hired Flynn's firm and has denied that Ankara played any role in the contract. A different scheme was unearthed while Mueller prosecuted Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, the chairman and deputy ch

egion, the Saudi leadership's expectations [3] from the US until recently may have been predicated on another Iraq war — when the administration of George H.W. Bush demonstrating its commitment to Saudi Arabia's security in 1990 deployed 500,000 US troops to the kingdom to expel Saddam Hussein's forces from nei

Kashmeri 24 June 2014 -- Baghdad is 900 miles from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 500 miles from Amman, Jordan; 300 miles from Kuwait, and 1000 miles from Ankara, Turkey, countries that are allies of the United States, and armed to the teeth with American weapons. With over 700,000 soldiers, 6000 tanks, EFTA

re. The Erdogan government is now saying explicitly something it had implied for the last two years—that Washington has to choose between two allies, Ankara and Jerusalem. The Arab Spring, especially events in Syria, and the planned U.S. withdrawal from Iraq have catapulted Turkey to an unprecedented leve

ect negotiation with Israel is the only way to reach a deal. What have we been doing for the past 20 years? What have we been doing since [President George H.W.]| Bush told us that if we recognize Israel, accept the two-state solution and renounce violence, the U.S. will stand shoulder to shoulder with us? HOUSE_OV

work so well (unless you think, apropos Iraq, that eight years and more than 100,000 lives later defines "well"). Obama has been more in the mold of George H. W. Bush and his secretary of state, Jim Baker, when the Eastern bloc was throwing off Moscow's shackles. Offer encouragement and stability, give a few speech

point when she said that peace in the Middle East would only be possible "when Arabs love their children more than they hate us." Burak Bekdil is an Ankara-based freelance journalist. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031940

orcible regime change. But the increased hostility exhibited by Turkey, Syria's most powerful and best-connected neighbour, may yet prove decisive as Ankara assumes a crisis leadership role. Until the uprising tore apart old certainties, the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had invested consi

ciety, accountable and effective democratic institutions, and responsible regional leadership." Other issues: Although he once described himself as a George H. W. Bush-school realist, in the past year Obama has learned to embrace humanitarian intervention, both in Libya and in central Africa, where military adv