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o magnify divisions between the two Presidents. "President Obama tucked away the Clinton doctrine in his large dr

the Alawites' affairs. But is it too late for settlements? The New Yorker Two Presidents find a mutual advantage Ryan Lizza September 10, 2012 -- Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have never been close. Some of their advisers concede that the two men don't really like each other. They have openly disagreed on

isagreed on policy issues and political strategy, and the acrimony generated during the 2008 Democratic primaries, when Hillary Clinton ran against Obama for the nomination, has yet to fully dissipate. Nevertheless, a carefully orchestrated reconciliation of sorts has been under way for some time now

health-care reform, which the Clintons failed to achieve, also resonates. "Health care means a lot to all three of those people—Hillary, Bill, and Barack," the official said. "I think historic achievements matter to historic figures like Bill Clinton." As a Democratic President facing a resurgent con

med at "buying time and continuing to move this problem into the future, and if you can do that -- strange things can happen in the interim." 15. Carl Levin As chair of the Armed Services Committee, a position he has held since 2007, Carl Levin leads Senate oversight of the Pentagon and is at the foref

everybody got it wrong, nobody's to blame, so there are no lessons to be learned, no accountability to be had. In fact, there's a good chance that Barack Obama wouldn't be president without his stance on Iraq, which early on was one of the defining differences between him and Hillary Clinton. And even among

s earlier, bombings in Baghdad and elsewhere killed 22. In December of 2011, as the last combat troops were being brought home from Iraq, President Obama stood at Fort Bragg and declared, "The war in Iraq will soon belong to history." That may be true, but it's vital that our accounting of the failur

combat troops were being brought home from Iraq, President Obama stood at Fort Bragg and declared, "The war in Ir

y to be had. In fact, there's a good chance that Barack Obama wouldn't be president without his stance on

e dissenters included the chairs of the Senate Intelligence Committee (Florida's Robert Graham) and the Senate Armed Services Committee (Michigan's Carl Levin). Of course, the media played a huge role in allowing -- indeed, enabling -- this catastrophe. What should have been a brake on a process fueled by

homeini or George W. Bush or Noun al-Maliki, but Barack Obama. I often agree with Elliott, but I could no

d Ignatius Article 3. YaleGlobal As Conflict Grows in Middle East, US-Saudi Gulf Widens Fahad Nazer Article 4. Atlantic Monthly No, President Obama Did Not Break the Middle East Jeffrey Goldberg Article 5. The Atlantic Obama's Disastrous Iraq Policy: An Autopsy Peter Beinart Article 6. The

Man Who Broke the Middle East." The man in question is not Sykes or Picot or Nasser or Saddam or Khomeini or George W. Bush or Noun al-Maliki, but Barack Obama. I often agree with Elliott, but I could not let this one go by without a response. Don't worry. This won't take long. Here is Elliott's thesis: T

s Fahad Nazer Article 4. Atlantic Monthly No, President Obama Did Not Break the Middle East Jeffrey Goldberg

for his government as a carte blanche for uncompromising behavior." The day before Maliki arrived, six senators—including EFTA00665432 Democrats Carl Levin and Robert Menendez—sent the White House a letter warning that, "by too often pursuing a sectarian and authoritarian agenda, Prime Minister Maliki