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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,

ring on its promises to Syrians, organisers say. In Morocco, a local Tamarod campaign began with the call to bring down the Islamist government of the Justice and Development Party, and is finding support from people across the political spectrum. EFTA00678461

012 Article 1. NYT After Meeting With Clinton, Egypt's Military Chief Steps Up Political Feud Kareem Fahim Article 2. The Wall Street Journal Obama Lets the U.N. Tie His Hands on Syria Douglas J. Feith Article 3. The Guardian (London) Egypt: The battle for civilian rule Editorial Article 4.

e are both observations truer than in the US. Yet in few places do the list of alibis stack up so impressively. To the surprise of many, President Barack Obama in April told Rolling Stone magazine that he would make tackling climate change a second term priority. Were Mr Obama to regain the White House and

e United States in both Damascus and Tehran. But President Obama has treated the bloody turmoil, first and foremo

impressively. To the surprise of many, President Barack Obama in April told Rolling Stone magazine that

ay for a political party that would be conservatively religious but not outright Islamist. In 2001, Erdogan seized the moment, forming a new party, the Justice and Development Party, or AKP. The AKP, according to Balci, contrasted with its Islamist precursors EFTA00701894 in two key respects: it was highly internationalist, a

ing in Syria Doyle McManus December 15, 2013 -- Here's how feeble U.S. influence on the outcome of Syria's dreadful civil war has become: For the Obama administration's diplomacy to succeed, it now needs help from an armed group with the unpromising name of the Islamic Front. That wasn't where the

litics, beyond the support of a few oilmen and arms manufacturers. The Saudi royals do not even enjoy the warm personal relationship with President Barack Obama that they once had with Presidents George Bush (both father and son) and Bill Clinton, who managed bilateral relations directly. Perhaps the most

wasn't where the administration hoped to be. When President Obama first got interested in Syria back in 2011, his

oy the warm personal relationship with President Barack Obama that they once had with Presidents George

g the terms "Kurdistan" and "Kurt cografyasi." Galip Ensarioglu, himself a Kurd, a member of Diyarbakir's business class and a mayoral candidate on the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) ticket, also stated on Dec. 3 that he "would not hesitate to call every territory where Kurds live `Kurdistan.' I myself am Kurdish as w

osture similar to the British when they announced their `East of Suez' policy in the late 1960s." 3. OR WHAT? Policy makers should — and President Obama mostly has — put a premium on appraising alternatives to war. Most notably, the president has held off an Israeli air assault on Iran's nuclear fac

aduated from high school than he was sent to labor in the fields of impoverished Anhui province. To get an idea of what exactly this means, imagine Barack Obama feeding pigs in Iowa or Mitt Romney mending a tractor in Wisconsin. Except that no American farm could ever match the grinding hardship of a Chines

1960s." 3. OR WHAT? Policy makers should — and President Obama mostly has — put a premium on appraising alterna

o get an idea of what exactly this means, imagine Barack Obama feeding pigs in Iowa or Mitt Romney mendin

This promised to transfer real (though not all) powers to a freely and fairly elected government. Within a year he accepted an electoral triumph by the Justice and Development Party (or PJD, after its French initials), a mildly Islamist group. The PJD has discarded its predecessors' hierarchical ways. Its leader, Mr Benkirane,

Bibi's behest. Now, the White House couldn't say no and risk an open rupture with Israel's supporters, so officials there unhappily went along. The Obama administration saw the "invitation" as a power play by Bibi to head off new and tough U.S. demands on Israel, and particularly to try to corner th

restige on the line, naked in public, and letting the chips fall where they may. It would be jumping off the cliff for peace. It doesn't sound like Barack Obama to me. And from what all parties know now, it would be a leap too far. That is, if this grand leap fails, U.S. credibility would virtually disappea

g off the cliff for peace. It doesn't sound like Barack Obama to me. And from what all parties know now,

a strong embrace by Congress in his address that President Obama will fear abandoning him. At the same time, he d

of Gaza, who suffered the disproportionate military operations of the Israeli army conducted under the guise of "retaliation." But for some reason the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, government, which is eager to bash Israel on every occasion over Gaza, has very little to say in the face of the images of brutality comi

sture similar to the British when they announced their `East of Suez' policy in the late 1960s." 3. OR WHAT? Policy makers should — and President Obama mostly has — put a premium on appraising alternatives to war. Most notably, the president has held off an Israeli air assault on Iran's nuclear fa

aduated from high school than he was sent to labor in the fields of impoverished Anhui province. To get an idea of what exactly this means, imagine Barack Obama feeding pigs in Iowa or Mitt Romney mending a tractor in Wisconsin. Except that no American farm could ever match the grinding hardship of a

1960s." 3. OR WHAT? Policy makers should — and President Obama mostly has — put a premium on appraising alterna

his promised to transfer real (though not all) powers to a freely and fairly elected government. Within a year he accepted an electoral triumph by the Justice and Development Party (or PJD, after its French initials), a mildly Islamist group. The PJD has discarded its predecessors' hierarchical ways. Its leader, Mr Benkirane,

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

ve 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 Party (AK Party) government. Prime Minister Erdogan's war on Gillen and the Hizmet community comes as a shock to all and, as an event, is something new f

ion or future folly? Amy Jaffe August 24, 2012 -- As oil prices ticked above $115 per barrel last week, a White House leak revealed that President Barack Obama may dip into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), the United States' 695 million barrel stockpile of emergency fuel supplies. The leak might have

even increased its oil production after the 9/11 EFTA00713333 attacks, which badly strained U.S.-Saudi relations. Likewise, this spring, when the Obama administration was debating whether or not to release the SPR ahead of the tightening of sanctions against Iran, Saudi Arabia helpfully boosted its

week, a White House leak revealed that President Barack Obama may dip into the Strategic Petroleum Reser

response to this threat would certainly have been for the Turkish body politic to finally and permanently address Turkey's own Kurdish problem. But the Justice and Development Party (AKP) leadership's prevailing populist tendencies seem to preclude this option despite a well-intentioned effort undertaken before the 2011 electio

aid Biden's national security team is "notable for their diverse personal backgrounds, but all with something in common. They served under President Obama." The New York Times <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/us/politics/biden-nominees.html> (11/23, Al, EFTA00137300 Crowley, 18.61 M) reports Hain

t all with something in common. They served under President Obama." The New York Times <https://www.nytimes.com/20

in the Republican Party's transformation...into an authoritarian party similar to the Fidesz party in Hungary, the Law and Justice party in Poland, the Justice and Development Party in Turkey and the Bharatiya Janata Party in India." Trump Campaign's Legal Battles Face Additional Setbacks. On NBC's Today <https://playvideo.bul

plans to buy 45 percent of its oil from Iran using rupees, meaning that Iran will be forced to buy Indian goods that it may not want or need. The Obama administration initially sought genuine engagement with Iran, but it understood that if Iran's leaders rebuffed such efforts, America would have to

aeli officials believe that in an election year, President Obama would be seriously handicapped when considering

ng nation-state, leaving a vacuum in the Middle East. In the past decade, though, Turkey's economic growth and emergence as a regional giant under the Justice and Development Party, or A.K.P., have revived its standing. From the Syrian uprising to EFTA_R1_00229096 EFTA01842295 Iraq's sectarian convulsions to Iran's push for