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dominate the country's political life. Regarding the widespread upheaval in Syria, the Saudis will work to ensure that any potential transition to a post-Assad era is as peaceful and as free of Iranian meddling as possible. Regarding Israel, Riyadh is adamant that a just settlement, based on King Abdullah's
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031846 →i national security or strategic interests are at stake, the kingdom will pursue its own agenda. With Iran working tirelessly to dominate the region, the Muslim Brotherhood rising in Egypt and unrest on nearly every border, there is simply too much at stake for the kingdom to rely on a security policy written in Washingt
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031847 →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
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031944 →ng, Erdogan and his foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, who have long harboured regional leadership ambitions, seem to be positioning themselves for a post-Assad future. In this push towards the Syrian endgame they plainly have the enthusiastic backing of the US, for whom they are effectively acting as a local
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031953 →ledge, strategy and will to secure these? Second, post Assad Syria is going to be a mess. It will require a se
eigners. Demographics create pressure on solutions because they need to address distribution of wealth. Administration’s early contacts w Muslim Bro (Muslim Brotherhood) are encouraging. They come from mercantile class. Need to work with them. What to do? Admin has a 4 pillar policy towards Egypt. 1. Stabilization. W
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025802 →Entities connected to both post-Assad and Muslim Brotherhood

Barack Obama
PERSON
United States
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Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
Bashar al-Assad
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Lebanon
LOCATION
Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
George W. Bush
PERSON
Bill Clinton
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Tehran
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Tunisia
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Damascus
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Cairo
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Hillary Clinton
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Bahrain
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Yemen
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Marc Rich
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Terje Rod-Larsen
PERSON
Fatah
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al-Qaeda
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Saddam Hussein
PERSON