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sts will not receive as much positive attention as they do when Washington is in charge of the political process. Take, for example, U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary Kerry's tremendous efforts to understand and address Israel's security needs. They recruited John Allen, a retired four-star Marine C
he generals and secret police they ousted have returned to power, literally with a vengeance. Who are the allies of the United States in Egypt? The Obama administration's judgment is crystal clear: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has plied Sissi with more than two dozen phone calls since he led a coup
tical process. Take, for example, U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary Kerry's tremendous efforts t
rime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his close circle of advisers, pro- government journalists and well-coordinated army of "tweeps," have accused Fethullah Gillen and the Hizmet movement he has inspired of being part of a "dirty operation, with external ties" aimed at overthrowing the Justice and Development
policy to the limit. This reality—combined with President Obama's inability to act on his declared intention to
ing about something done by the public versus something by the President of the United States," Zarif said, a reference to statements, made by both Obama and George W. Bush, that military strikes against Iran remain an option. "The people of Iran respond to intimidation and pressure negatively; almo
December. That was EFTA_R1_00024232 EFTA01737602 when, in order to quell a perceived threat from an erstwhile ally, the U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gillen, Erdogan fired thousands of prosecutors, judges, and policemen, imposed bans on Twitter and YouTube, intensified the government's already stifling
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t of departure, the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008, which also marked the European Union’s greatest setback. ¢ He cited U.S. president Barack Obama and vari- ous unnamed sources on the West's weakness, including an “internationally recognized analyst" who wrote that liberal values today “embody c
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019269 →eatest setback. ¢ He cited U.S. president Barack Obama and vari- ous unnamed sources on the West's weakn
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019269 →p Tayyip Erdogan before and immediately after the 2016 election. Among other things, Flynn wrote an op-ed that urged the American government to expel Fethullah Gillen, a controversial cleric who was accused by the Turkish government of masterminding the 2016 coup attempt. Flynn's consulting firm was paid $535,000 f
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019279 →Entities connected to both Barack Obama and Fethullah Gillen

Bill Clinton
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George W. Bush
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Hillary Clinton
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United States
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Prince Andrew
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Vladimir Putin
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Bashar al-Assad
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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European Parliament
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Xi Jinping
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Istanbul
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