Epstein Secrets

-- Seduced by catchy formulae, American punditry is often a prisoner of clichés. One such is: "It's the economy, stupid!", initially circulated by Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign. For decades the meaningless phrase has cast a shadow on American politics. Uttering it clinches an argument, presentin

resident's meetings and phone calls with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. There was an announcement that

gypt's Morsi Gets Marks for Speed, Not Style in Foreign Policy Nabil Fahmy (Translated from: Al-Masry Al-Youm — Egypt) Oct 13, 2012 -- President Mohammed Morsi did not list Egyptian foreign policy as one of the five issues that would be prioritized during the first 100 days of his presidency. He specified

the=neighbourhood. That was a mistake, limiting the influence he could exert o=er Israel's government and, more importantly perhaps, its people. As Bill Clinton, the last US president to come close =o a Middle East breakthrough, advises today's diplomats: Israelis need to =now that if the tanks were ever to

ty team but also raises more alarm about his second-term choice=. John Kerry, Chuck Hagel and John Brennan all lack the independent standing of Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Panetta and former =eneral Petraeus. They aren't likely to challenge Mr. Obama with views he d=esn't want to hear. U.S. military actio= other

d the passage of a new con=titution by referendum in December, but those unreconciled to the reign of=the Brotherhood wanted nothing to do with it. Mohammed Morsi has the presidency, but he was defied some days=ago when he ordered a curfew in the cities of Ismailia, Suez and Port Said= Thousands went into the

Qaeda just as ruthlessly as George W. Bush; if Romney is elected, he will surely drop his threats to start a trade war with China, just as Bush and Bill Clinton did. There nevertheless are some big and bright differences in this election on foreign policy. More even than those on the economy, they are likel

art a trade war with China, just as Bush and Bill Clinton did. There nevertheless are some big and bright

ypt Evolving Foreign Policy Translated from Al-Khaleej (U.A.E.) Sep 2, 2012 -- Amid a still uncertain Egyptian political scene, Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi recently conducted several official visits to neighboring countries. These visits came in the wake of numerous meetings among Morsi and internation

the inevitable expansion of democracy. President Bill Clinton's globalization and President George W. Bush's doc

Summers told Orszag over dinner in May 2009: "You know, Peter, we're really home alone ... I mean it. We're home alone. There's no adult in charge. Clinton would never have made these mistakes [of indecisiveness on key economic issues]." On issue after issue, according to Suskind, Summers overruled the

. He is a Muslim Brotherhood adherent who rose to the rank of general in Egypt's military — the armed forces he has just been tapped to command by Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood eminence who was elected president of Egypt a few weeks back. My column was prompted by the Wall Street Journal's coverage

heavy drinking, rampant womanizing — excesses, addictions, vile bigotries. He is a good student. Strobe Talbott, a deputy secretary of state in the Clinton administration, wrote in The Post about meeting Putin in Moscow: "For no reason other than to show he had read my KGB dossier, he dropped the name

and [their right] to form their political system." EFTA00662933 The source conceded that the turn in regional events following former President Mohammed Morsi's ouster in Egypt has hastened the progress of Iran-Hamas ties. Improvement in ties between Qatar, which is home to Meshaal, and Iran is also a key

ident — so proud of his record as a putative war- ender — to launch the warplanes yet again in the Middle East. The temptation here is to follow the Clinton administration's course — a futile salvo of cruise missiles, followed by self- congratulation and an attempt to change the topic. It would not work

sues" is now being condemned by the U.S. government for "offensive" anti-Semitic charges that Israel was behind the overthrow of Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi. Compared with Mr. Morsi, however, Mr. Erdogan is a Bismarck of effective governance and smart policy. Mr. Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood were q

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

minate the hard-line Sharia law advocate, IChairat El-Shater, as their presidential candidate, the Moslem Brotherhood went to their second choice, Mohammed Morsi. The election commission disqualified many of the top candidates who had announced their intentions to run and the Brotherhood had been given the

akistan from crossing the nuclear threshold. When Islamabad did eventually break out, testing its first nuclear devices EFTA00711873 in 1998, the Clinton administration condemned the action and then went about quietly adjusting itself to the new reality in South Asia. The lesson Barak absorbed, accor

he indicated support for the Syrian uprising. People close to him claim that he's had EFTA00711878 "offers of welcome" from Egypt's new President Mohammed Morsi as well as the emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad al-Thani. A native of the West Bank, Meshaal has already ruled out moving to Gaza, where M be surrounde

authority, Morsi and his colleagues have largely gotten a pass. To be sure, EFTA00711984 Dennis Ross, the former Middle East hand for Bush (41), Clinton, and Obama, published a critical op-ed in the Washington Post and the Washington Institute for Near East Policy's Eric Trager did the same in the

's Muslim Brotherhood Leaders? Steven A. Cook Sep 1 2012 -- It has certainly been an interesting month in Egypt. As of a few weeks ago, President Mohammed Morsi had consolidated his power by ousting the military's senior command, firing the chief of General Intelligence, and canceling the Supreme Council of

Washington thanks to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's efforts, is reverting to its traditional anti-

fate of its activists, some of whom have been or are still involved in controversial legal proceedings? What about Mubarak's fate and the trials of Mohammed Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood figures? Would the media relax a bit? Would there EFTA_R1_02211228 EFTA02724401 be any degree of transparent and just inv