Epstein Secrets

an interview with Akher Sa'a before the January 2011 Revolution, the then Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide said that he would have no problem with Gamal Mubarak running for EFTA00662877 president. He went on to praise President Mubarak in glowing terms. Echoing his sentiments, Morsi said: "We have kept el

rom the seventh floor (the secretary's suite in Foggy Bottom), caring little about the foreign and civil service or the institutional weaknesses of the State Department. That absolutely should not be the case for an administration whose approach to the world is fundamentally diplomatic. The Obama administration is

icate the Taiwan model: to have elderly autocrats lay the foundations for liberalizing heirs to undertake reforms. Hopes for change now rested with Gamal Mubarak in Egypt and Saif-al- Islam Gadhafi in Libya being able to take the reins of power. This strategy continued during the first years of the Obama adm

olled back," the president canceled a planned joint military exercise. He pledged a review of the $1.3 billion a year in military aid to Egypt, and the State Department took steps to hold back some of the roughly $200 million in nonmilitary aid. But mindful of Egypt's importance in the region, he stopped short of

a knack for scoring interviews with important people. (In the same edition as my piece, titled "Egypt's Next Generation," there was an interview with Gamal Mubarak, son of long-term Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who had already begun his rise — though not yet his eventual fall - as heir apparent.) A few year

ives of foreign governments is to keep the United States on their side. Traditionally, this is done through formal discussions with U.S. officials at the State Department, National Security Council, and Department of Defense; meetings with members of Congress; writing op-eds in influential media outlets; and informal c