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stan, coupled with economic problems, convinced reasonable people that the United States had entered an age of permanent decline. The sort of power the United States has does not dissipate that fast. The disintegration of European unity and the financial crisis facing China have left the United States, not surpr
pent the previous 41 years running oil-rich Gabon as his personal estate. In the last year, North Korean enigma Kim Jong Il and Ethiopian strongman Meles Zenawi both died unexpectedly. The two had 38 years of leadership experience between them. More Refugees, Fewer Migrants The past four years have produc
ange? What are their suggestions for reducing the demand for drugs? What would they do to expand American exports or increase foreign investment in the United States? Most important, the list of topics made public leaves out the most serious threat facing the United States today and for the foreseeable future: t
t it will not join the agreement until all Nile Basin states agree on it. Analysts differ on whether the death of Ethiopia's former prime minister Meles Zenawi in August will affect the water issue. Some argue that it could provide a catalyst toward resolving the issue, while others believe that it will no
authority and hold free elections, with the army ensuring the country's security. The Assad clan is trying to convince the outside world, including the United States and the European Union, that the regime's fall could lead to chaos and sectarian wars. It claims the opposition is either too HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023470
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023471 →nd in the international community that often work at cross purposes from one another. For example, the authoritarian or semi-authoritarian regimes of Meles Zenawi in Ethiopia, Paul Kagame in Rwanda and Yoweri Museveni in Uganda have been aid darlings over the past decade because of their track records in promot
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023478 →ited States was primarily interested in stability. Despite brave speeches on democracy by both Condeleezza Rice and Barack Obama in Cairo, the United States actually pulled its punches in pushing serious democratic reform on Egypt, particularly after the Hamas electoral victory in Gaza in 2006. Nonetheles
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023479 →The United States was primarily interested in stability. Despite brave speeches on democracy by both Condeleezza Rice and Barack Obama in Cairo, the United States actually pulled its punches in pushing serious democratic reform on Egypt, particularly after the Hamas electoral victory in Gaza in 2006. Non
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023479 →Entities connected to both United States and Meles Zenawi

Marc Rich
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Barack Obama
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Lebanon
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Bashar al-Assad
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Ronald Reagan
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Yemen
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Cairo
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Jerusalem
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Damascus
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Tunisia
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Hosni Mubarak
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West Bank
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Fatah
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Mahmoud Abbas
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the Persian Gulf
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Kuwait
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Ethiopia
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Rwanda
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Southeast Asia
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