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Nixon's late-career return to respectability, but the two men eventually fell out over Reagan's Soviet policy. In 1989, George H. W. Bush recruited Jimmy Carter to help with policy toward Panama; that helped revive Carter's reputation, but the relationship soured in 1991, when Carter tried to rally world le

d Dick Cheney." Her most recent book, Drift, documents how easy it has become for U.S. presidents to wage war without congressional consent. 28. Dennis Ross Having served under President Jimmy Carter and in every administration since (except George W. Bush's), Dennis Ross has played a bigger role in se

nted to a recent New York Times column by Tom Friedman arguing that the most successful American leaders on the Middle East process were Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, and himself. In any case, Baker said, Zoellick "wasn't involved extensively" in making policy toward Israel. "He was not the lead guy. The lead

. In any case, Baker said, Zoellick "wasn't involved extensively" in making policy toward Israel. "He was not the lead guy. The lead guy there was Dennis Ross, and nobody ever accused Dennis Ross of being hard on Israel," Baker said. Zoellick's outstanding qualifications for a leadership position in EFT

trol, immigration reform, and created a separate new department," that of Veterans Affairs. Obama's campaign is well aware that he may end up like Jimmy Carter or George H. W. Bush, the two most recent one-term Presidents, who were both defeated despite some notable—even historic—accomplishments, including

pit for diplomatic energy rather than as a priority. If Obama is reelected, he will have no Middle East hands to whom he can turn. Mideast advisor Dennis Ross has left; Jeffrey Feltman, assistant secretary of state for Near East affairs, departed for a post at the United Nations; and Deputy Secretary of S