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ip. Despite significant pressure from the Obama administration to remain on the sidelines, Saudi leaders sent troops into Manama in March to defend Bahrain's monarchy and quell the unrest that has shaken that country since February. For more than 60 years, Saudi Arabia has been bound by an unwritten b
a bloc of democratic states for an ideological crusade," the United States would do better, Kissinger suggests, to work with China to build a new "Pacific Community." Four decades ago, Richard Nixon grasped sooner than most the huge potential of China. "Well," he mused, "you can just stop and think of what cou
ship. Despite significant pressure from the Obama administration to remain on the sidelines, Saudi leaders sent troops into Manama in March to defend Bahrain's monarchy and quell the unrest that has shaken that country since February. For more than 60 years, Saudi Arabia has been bound by an unwritten barg
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031845 →ng a bloc of democratic states for an ideological crusade," the United States would do better, Kissinger suggests, to work with China to build a new "Pacific Community." Four decades ago, Richard Nixon grasped sooner than most the huge potential of China. "Well," he mused, "you can just stop and think of what could
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031854 →ervention in Libya, and supporting stricter sanctions against Syria. The president has been less outspoken about other Persian Gulf allies, including Bahrain, which hosts a key U.S. naval base. Obama has urged Egypt and Tunisia to "set a strong example through free and fair elections, a vibrant civil socie
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031960 →e the US must define its long-term global strategy. Must the US, as Henry Kissinger suggests in his latest book On China, consider the prospect of a "Pacific Community" that, unlike the Cold War-era Atlantic Community, is not based on common culture and values in the face of a direct threat, but on common interests
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031963 →Entities connected to both Bahrain and Pacific Community

Barack Obama
PERSON
United States
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George W. Bush
PERSON
Yemen
LOCATION
Bill Clinton
PERSON
Lebanon
LOCATION
Tehran
LOCATION
Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
Marc Rich
PERSON
Joe Biden
PERSON
John F. Kennedy
PERSON
Hillary Clinton
PERSON
Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
Morocco
LOCATION
Tunisia
LOCATION
Damascus
LOCATION
Saddam Hussein
PERSON
Jerusalem
LOCATION
Riyadh
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