Epstein Secrets

n Egyptian party could emerge between himself and the Muslim Brotherhood. That way, Mubarak could come to Washington once

ation between the agency ElBaradei loves and the United States, of which he no longer seems especially fond. Leslie H. Gelb is president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, a former senior official in the State and Defense Departments, and a former New York Times columnist. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024974 --- PAGE B

. In Egypt, Washington has set a red line for the Muslim Brotherhood leadership: it must adhere to the peace treaty wi

tors to send the stockpile of highly enriched uranium out of the country - only to see the ayatollah repudiate it. As Ray Takeyh, an Iran expert with the Council on Foreign Relations puts it, "Khamenei has created a politics where it's hard for him to compromise." But so has the United States. Anyone who watched Chuck Hag

s at a time when democratic changes are giving public opinion new weight. As part of its broader outreach, the Obama administration has also met with the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group whose political party is poised to win a major role in the country's new Parliament and remains the biggest political counterweig

a much-needed opportunity to refocus on itself - to recover its inner strength without withdrawing from the world. As Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, puts it, America must enter a period of "restoration" of its fundamentals. American foreign policy starts at home, and that means reining