Epstein Secrets

y were going to take difficult steps toward peace, his release could make those steps more politically sustainable -- and Presidents starting with Clinton would consider these requests -- I heard the intelligence community make arguments for holding him that made little sense: If we released him to Is

H. W Bush, special Middle East coordinator under President Clinton, and special assistant to President Obama from 2

, 02 Apr 2014 13:29:03 +0000 2 April, 2014 Article I. NYT Abbas Takes Defiant Step, and Mideast Talks Falter Jodi Rudoren, Michael R. Gordon and Mark Landler Article 2. Washington Post Offering Jonathan Pollard's release in Mideast peace talks is premature Editorial Article 3. The Washington Institu

n the Arab world, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying this week, "There is a different leader i

cus still deems its own. I have not mentioned the ambitions of these terrorist groups against Israel. In a tangled Sunday dispatch from Washington, Mark Landler reports that the "deepening chaos in Syria ... could dash any remaining hopes for a Middle East peace agreement, several analysts said." In truth,

ary of State Hillary Clinton's blunt statement on July 11 that Assad had "lost legitimacy" and that "our goal is ... a democratic transformation." Clinton has left the door open slightly for reformers within the Assad regime. Last Saturday in Istanbul, she urged "an opposition that can provide a pathw

21 July, 2011 NYT As U.S. Steps Back, Europe Takes Bigger Role in Mideast Peace Push Mark Landler The New Republic What Explains Fashionable Hostility Toward Israel? Martin Peretz Asharq Al-Awsat The Syrian-Israeli courtship Tariq Alhomayed

ad met three times with Bush in the Oval Office to review progress of the mission. (After numerous requests, he did eventually meet with Secretary Clinton and then-National Security Advisor James Jones.) He was also not afforded a final congressional testimony -- which, according to a senior congress

Terje Rod-Larsen Sent: Mon 5/21/2012 1:55:45 PM Subject: May 19 update 19 May, 2012 Article 1. NYT Talks With Iran: U.S. Sees Hopeful Signs Mark Landler Article 2_ The Washington Institute Prospects for Success in the Iran Nuclear Negotiations Patrick Clawson and Mehdi Khalaji Article 3. Foreig

ary of State Hillary Clinton's blunt statement on July 11 that Assad had "lost legitimacy" and that "our goal is ... a democratic transformation." Clinton has left the door open slightly for reformers within the Assad regime. Last Saturday in Istanbul, she urged "an opposition that can provide a pathw

cle 3. Article 4. Article 5. Article 6. Th-,co c3 ion po 21 July, 2011 NYT As U.S. Steps Back, Europe Takes Bigger Role in Mideast Peace Push Mark Landler The New Republic What Explains Fashionable Hostility Toward Israel? Martin Peretz Asharq Al-Awsat The Syrian-Israeli courtship Tariq Alhomayed