Epstein Secrets

al and kind of no-holds-barred way, how we conceive the region." Not only does the new approach have little in common with the "freedom agenda" of George W. Bush, but it is also a scaling back of the more expansive American role that Mr. Obama himself articulated two years ago, before the Arab Spring mutated

here can be a peaceful political transition in the Arab world," said Richard N. Haass, who served in the EFTA00694510 State Department during the Bush administration and is now president of the Council on Foreign Relations. "But here, the administration is largely silent and seems uncertain as to

le in common with the "freedom agenda" of George W. Bush, but it is also a scaling back of the more

re trying to be honest and realistic." Mr. Gordon took part in the Saturday sessions, along with two of Ms. Rice's deputies, Antony J. Blinken and Benjamin J. Rhodes; the national security adviser to the vice president, Jake Sullivan; the president's counterterrorism adviser, Lisa Monaco; a senior economic offic

poured into it. There was an echo, in Mr. Kerry's tone, of a frustrated outburst in 1990 by James A. Baker III, secretary of state under President George Bush, who read out the number for the White House switchboard at a congressional hearing and told the Israelis and Palestinians, "When you're serious ab

er III, secretary of state under President George Bush, who read out the number for the White House swi

s patience for peacemaking was not boundless. "Insofar as we find fault here, it is in the inability of either side to make tough decisions," said Benjamin J. Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser. "For us to continue to invest that kind of bandwidth in the process, need to see some investment from the part

World War I shocked the world. But he is not intervening to stop the mass killing, or to remove the man behind those attacks. "This is not like the Bush decision in 2003," Benjamin J. Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser, said on Thursday. "That intervention was aimed at regime change. This is

. For him, that was the fatal flaw of the George W. Bush presidency, an unquestioning belief that onc

world. But he is not intervening to stop the mass killing, or to remove the man behind those attacks. "This is not like the Bush decision in 2003," Benjamin J. Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser, said on Thursday. "That intervention was aimed at regime change. This is designed to restore an international

poured into it. There was an echo, in Mr. Kerry's tone, of a frustrated outburst in 1990 by James A. Baker III, secretary of state under President George Bush, who read out the number for the White House switchboard at a congressional hearing and told the Israelis and Palestinians, "When you're serious ab

r III, secretary of state under President George Bush, who read out the number for the White House swi

's patience for peacemaking was not boundless. "Insofar as we find fault here, it is in the inability of either side to make tough decisions," said Benjamin J. Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser. "For us to continue to invest that kind of bandwidth in the process, we'd need to see some investment from th