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Nadeen Shaker The New York Times Tripping on His Own Red Line? David E. Sanger August 31, 2013 -- IT started with just 20 words, intended to keep Barack Obama out of a war. The tens of thousands dying in Syria was a global EFTA00678442 tragedy, he told reporters a year ago, when the worst horrors

Shaker The New York Times Tripping on His Own Red Line? David E. Sanger August 31, 2013 -- IT started with just 20 words, intended to keep Barack Obama out of a war. The tens of thousands dying in Syria was a global EFTA00678442 tragedy, he told reporters a year ago, when the worst horrors were st

gs in a black velvet doublet and whose Syria policy in particular seems to have been defined primarily by actions not taken and decisions not made, Barack Obama made one of the most profound and momentous decisions of his presidency on Saturday. By announcing that he would require congressional approval bef

l laws and norms. Almost certainly, that is what President Obama would argue he seeks. But I suspect that others,

Respond To a Western Strike on Syria? By: An Al-Monitor Correspondent in Beirut August 31. -- About three months ago, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah decided to send his elite military units to Syria to support the military efforts of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in facing opposition f

ce of Tetje Rod-Larsen Subject: March 25 update Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 10:22:05 +0000 25 March, 2014 Article I. Los Angeles Times Next test for Obama: Soothing the Saudis Dennis Ross Article 2. The National Interest Lebanon's Next Flashpoint Nicholas Saidel Article 3. American Prospect Disr

Pennsylvania. Anicic 3. American Prospect Disrespecting Your Defender Gershom Gorenberg March 24, 2014 -- Moshe Ya'alon thinks that President Barack Obama is a wimp and that Secretary of State John Kerry is mentally incompetent. If Ya'alon were a GOP senator, this wouldn't be worthy of comment. He'd b

is Dennis Ross EFTA00662920 March 24, 2014 -- President Obama will visit Saudi Arabia this week. Based on what

h 24, 2014 -- Moshe Ya'alon thinks that President Barack Obama is a wimp and that Secretary of State John

the self-proclaimed champion of Palestinian rights, is also taking notice of the camps' destabilization and division. Hezbollah's Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah recently gave a speech on current events in the region, a speech that, at first blush, curiously focused on the primacy of resistance against Israe

a's arsenal of long-range bombers, refueling aircraft and precision missiles could do far more damage to the Iranian nuclear program — if President Obama were to decide on a full-scale retaliation. EFTA00660548 The exercise was designed specifically to test internal military communications and coo

military intervention. Michael 0 'Hanlon is a senior fellow at Brookings and coauthor with Martin Indyk and Kenneth Lieberthal of Bending History: Barack Obama's Foreign Policy. EFTA00660567

more damage to the Iranian nuclear program — if President Obama were to decide on a full-scale retaliation. EFT

It was cited to me by an Israeli official.) Both Barack Obama and Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of th

e costing the party its main support base: the Lebanese Shia community. Let's take a closer look. In his many redundant speeches, Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah has been adamant about supporting the Assad regime of Syria. A few years ago, when Nasrallah made a speech, almost everyone in Lebanon would leave

thin weeks, millions were on the streets in Egypt and Hosni Mubarak was gone, shown the door in part by his longtime backer, the U.S. government. The Obama administration was captivated by this spontaneous outbreak of democratic demands and at first welcomed it with few reservations. In Riyadh, Saudi off

the Saudis were concerned. And earlier this year, President Obama declined a personal appeal from the king to withh

ors to that point. But to the Saudis, not to mention Bahrain's ruling family, even the occasional appearance of posters of Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah amid crowds of Shiite protesters pumping their fists and chanting demands for regime change was too much. They saw how Iran's influence has grown in

nt goals of any sort there. 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

eventing this scenario depends on the skill of the negotiating t=ams in Geneva and, ultimately, on the ability of the administration of US =resident Barack Obama to overcome resistance by Congress and offer a meani=gful deal to Tehran. The writer is an associate professor of international relations at

this scenario depends on the skill of the negotiating t=ams in Geneva and, ultimately, on the ability of the administration of US =resident Barack Obama to overcome resistance by Congress and offer a meani=gful deal to Tehran. The writer is an associate professor of international relations at the Lon

as the congressional debate o=er Syria made crystal clear. Would they back much riskier military action =n Iran? Fortunately for Congress, President Barack Obama was agile enough =o seize the diplomatic route and begin to eliminate Syria's chemical wea=ons. These results are advancing U.S. security interests.

s longstanding anti-western, anti-Israeli stand. Hi=bollah's support of the Assad regime has similarly dented its legitimacy= Gone are the days when Hassan Nasrallah, its secretary-general, was the h=ro of the Arab street — 3 EFTA_R1_01401467 EFTA02384040 Sunni and Shia — for his position at the forefront of

27 Jun 2014 15:18:19 +0000 27 June 2014 Article I. The Washington Post Shimon Peres, Israel's dreamer and doer David Ignatius Article 2. WSJ Obama's Foreign-Policy Failures Go Far Beyond Iraq George Melloan Article 3. NYT America and Iran Can Save Iraq Mohammad Ali Shabani Article 4. The

talked, in a veiled way, about his farewell with President Obama that day. Peres's message, as best I understood,

cooperation as further evidence of Shia dominance of the country's political system and its security institutions. Hezbollah's Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, recently boasted during a leadership meeting, "We are ready to sacrifice martyrs in Iraq five times more than what we sacrificed in Syria..." Give

possible. EFTA_R1_01992711 EFTA02681496 13 Ankle 4. The Washington Post In Iraq, a return to old enmities Editorial December 21 -- PRESIDENT OBAMA struck a "mission accomplished" tone when he greeted Nouri al-Maliki at the White House last week, heaping praise on the Iraqi prime minister and

return to old enmities Editorial December 21 -- PRESIDENT OBAMA struck a "mission accomplished" tone when he gre

disarm, forge new strategic alliances or end its military struggle against Israel. In fact, in a rare public appearance this month, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah declared that his party will remain defiant, side with Assad's Syria and never relinquish its arms. If Hamas, an ally of Hezbollah, Syria and Iran

natural gas to Israel following pressure from the Obama Administration. Supplies were halted following a

n Egypt met with important political actors during a visit in Lebanon. For the first time, it did not ask for a meeting with Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah. The current relationship between the two factions is markedly different from the decades of alliance against western influence in the region. The

leadership to immediately stop using force against its people or the G-8 countries would "consider taking further measures". At the same time, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah—the leader of the Lebanese party Hizbullah-called on the Syrian people to give the government time to effectuate reforms, arguing that President Assa

the event of an escalation of fighting, sanctions could be imposed on the President and his family. Last Sunday, John Brennan, Assistant to President Obama, called President Saleh to brief paran, Louise him sign the out a ament. The sudden withdrawal of government forces from the city of Zinjibar, in the

was also convened in front of the Jordanian Parliament, calling for constitutional democracy, not just amending of the constitution. Libya President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron have indicated that they are bracing for a long battle in Libya, not just to remove Col. Qaddafi from power, but to

s family. Last Sunday, John Brennan, Assistant to President Obama, called President Saleh to brief paran, Louise hi

nd-secretary level and canceled the military relationship. The consequences of this crisis for the stability of the eastern Mediterranean and for the Obama administration are quite severe. The Erdogan government is now saying explicitly something it had implied for the last two years—that Washington has

nd then avoided defeat in a subsequent round of fighting in 2006. In a poll of Arab public opinion taken in 2008, the three most popular leaders were Hassan Nasrallah, Bashar al-Assad and Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, in that order. But this sense of inexorable ascendancy in which the Iran-led bloc liked to cloak itself has

instead criticized how America reacted to them. (President Obama’s failure to support Egyptian revolutionaries unt