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re has been a synergy between president and people, a mutually reinforcing feedback loop. This, too, is not surprising. Obama ran and defeated both Hillary Clinton and John McCain as the anti-Iraq candidate. He then made rolling back the "tide of war" the core of his identity as president. The explicit rationa

, is not surprising. Obama ran and defeated both Hillary Clinton and John McCain as the anti-Iraq candidat

nds to the legitimate rights of both sides, rather than making this impossible, as the Israeli approach does. Rami G. Khouri is Editor-at-large of The Daily Star, and Director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut, in Beirut, Lebanon. A

be contained and deterred, there will undoubtedly be wider proliferation in the Middle East once Iran achieves nuclear weapons. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton herself has said that a weaponized Iran certainly means that Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, and perhaps others will seek their own nuclear capabiliti

ran achieves nuclear weapons. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton herself has said that a weaponize

e in action again these days on policy towards Iran, where coordination and coercion seem especially confused? Rami G. Khouri is Editor-at-large of The Daily Star and Director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut, in Beirut, Lebanon. An

r Scholars. His book, Can America Have Another Great President?, will be published in 2012. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030076 --- PAGE BREAK --- 18 Article 5. The Daily Star Syria fortifies Obama in his indecision Michael Young 12 May -- The New York Times gave readers a double-whammy of Syrian statements on Tuesday. Its

ering as a sign of implicit approval of its actions. Indeed, Shaaban described the recent statements of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Syria as "not too bad," and the sanctions against Syria as manageable. That can only mean one thing: If Washington fails to clarify its views on t

several of his major cities. The regime's behavior is a daily insult to Syrians, one they will not readily forget. Michael Young is opinion editor of THE DAILY STAR and author of "The Ghosts of Martyrs Square: An Eyewitness Account of Lebanon's Life Struggle" (Simon & Schuster), listed as one of the 10 notable bo

n Libya Editorial Article 5. The Daily Star Egypt's new Constitution: an update Nathan Brown Article 6. NYT Arabs Will Be Free Roger Cohen Article 7. The Daily Star The West still beats the rest, but it may no longer be best Robert Skidelsky Article 8. Wall Street Journal Norway to Jews: You're Not Welcome Here A

nce. Assad will need to act quickly and decisively -- and one hopes not harshly -- to quell the rising current of dissent. Indeed, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seemed to offer the regime some modest support this weekend, noting that she believed Bashar to be a "reformer." But reform has never been a primary

eign Relations, was a deputy national security adviser in the George W. Bush administration. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031838 --- PAGE BREAK --- 6 Article 2. The Daily Star A democratic Arab world would welcome peace with Israel Hamid Alkifaey One could reasonably argue that the golden opportunity for peace in the Middle

s inauguration, George Mitchell was named special envoy for Middle East peace. With the new president standing beside Mitchell and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden took the podium and extolled Mitchell's reputation and experience having brokered peace in Northern Ireland, calling him an

ains Ethan Bronner Article 2. Herald Tribune Buying Into Palestinian Statehood Yossi Alpher, Colette Avital, Shlomo Gazit, and Mark Heller Article 3. The Daily Star What the Arab revolts leave unanswered Rami G. Khouri Article 4. Guardian Why Israel is wrong about Iran Meir Javedanfar Article 5. The Financial Tim

he worked his way up through the intelligence community as the first career officer to become CIA director. Take, for instance, his decision to court Hillary Clinton when she took over as secretary of state in 2009. One of the few senior Bush holdovers in the new Obama administration, Gates was keenly aware of the