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lack of opportunity, and demands for a voice in their future. In less time than anyone would have expected only a year earlier, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was forced to step down. The business, military, and political networks that made up his regime, however, are positioned to retain their privileges
ed only a year earlier, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was forced to step down. The business, military,
ondemnation. This, despite the fact that the stakes in Syria are higher, from a strategic standpoint, than in Libya. By the time NATO acted against Moammar Kadafi, he was an isolated despot who had given up sponsoring terrorism and building weapons of mass destruction. Not so with Bashar Assad: His re
dle East in his first year in office, with the rise of Islamist governments and the widening repercussions of civil revolt. After Obama helped topple Moammar Gaddafi in Libya in 2011, many in the region wondered when he would emerge again to help shape the course of the tumultuous Arab Spring, which has re
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029693 →olicymakers. The Gulf monarchies were shocked that the United States "abandoned" Egyptian President Hosni HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029717 --- PAGE BREAK --- Mubarak in his time of need in early 2011. Their leaders expected the United States to push for Mubarak and the Egyptian military to crack down on public pro
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029718 →dle East in his first year in office, with the rise of Islamist governments and the widening repercussions of civil revolt. After Obama helped topple Moammar Gaddafi in Libya in 2011, many in the region wondered when he would emerge again to help shape the course of the tumultuous Arab Spring, which has re
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029780 →olicymakers. The Gulf monarchies were shocked that the United States "abandoned" Egyptian President Hosni HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029804 --- PAGE BREAK --- Mubarak in his time of need in early 2011. Their leaders expected the United States to push for Mubarak and the Egyptian military to crack down on public pro
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029805 →Entities connected to both Hosni Mubarak and Moammar

Barack Obama
PERSON
Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Cairo
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George W. Bush
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Lebanon
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United States
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Tehran
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Bill Clinton
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Yemen
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Saddam Hussein
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Middle East
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Marc Rich
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Fatah
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Bahrain
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West Bank
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Jeffrey Epstein
PERSONthe Gaza Strip
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John Kerry
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