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ago. But Obama's er jection of U.S. military involvement in Syria's civil war, in which 140,000 people have died since he first called on President Bashar al-Assad to step down, is the leading example of his second term. So, too, is the Pentagon budget proposal outlined this past week that would cut the size o
. EFTA00705926 At a G-8 meeting the following year in Northern Ireland, Obama and Putin met and made no headway toward resolving differences over Assad's leadership of Syria. The two exchanged an awkward back-and-forth over Putin's passion for martial arts before the Russian leader summed up the m
ines. We'll basically drive ourselves into a frenzy. And he'll stand back and just watch it. He just knows that none of the rest of us want a war." James F. Jeffrey was Mr. Bush's deputy national security adviser in August 2008, the first to inform him that Russian troops were moving into Georgia in response to
comprehension. Article 3. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018202 --- PAGE BREAK --- The Washington Institute Year of Decision: U.S. Policy toward Iran in 2013 James F. Jeffrey and Thomas Pickering February 12, 2013 -- On February 7, 2013, James F. Jeffrey and Thomas Pickering addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Inst
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018203 →ents, but when Washington offers a more passive response, Iranian aggression increases. With respect to Syria, for example, it cannot be assumed that Bashar al-Assad will fall at all, let alone quickly, without active U.S. engagement. If the Assad HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018204 --- PAGE BREAK --- regime does in fact su
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018205 →sses comprehension. Article 3. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028653 --- PAGE BREAK --- The Washington Institute Year of Decision: U.S. Policy toward Iran in 2013 James F. Jeffrey and Thomas Pickering February 12, 2013 -- On February 7, 2013, James F. Jeffrey and Thomas Pickering addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Insti
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028654 →ents, but when Washington offers a more passive response, Iranian aggression increases. With respect to Syria, for example, it cannot be assumed that Bashar al-Assad will fall at all, let alone quickly, without active U.S. engagement. If the Assad HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028655 --- PAGE BREAK --- regime does in fact sur
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028656 →Entities connected to both Bashar al-Assad and James F. Jeffrey

Barack Obama
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United States
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Tehran
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Bill Clinton
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Saddam Hussein
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Marc Rich
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Jerusalem
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Mahmoud Abbas
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West Bank
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North Korea
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Baghdad
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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the Persian Gulf
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Istanbul
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Tel Aviv
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Muammar Gaddafi
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Saudi Arabia
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