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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

show and briefed the former President on campaign strategy. At the EFTA00712763 time, the Obama team was alternating between two arguments about Romney. One presented him as an inveterate flip-flopper, the other as a right-wing ideologue who would return the country to a pre-New Deal dystopia. Clin

s nuclear enrichment facilities. However, some charge that he may have spilled a bit too much about such operations to journalists. One advisor to Mitt Romney's campaign has gone as far as to directly accuse Donilon of leaking classified information. Some reports have put him on Obama's short list to succee

. 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

tewards of foreign policy Josh R0611 August 9, 2012 -- The neoconservative wing of the Republican foreign policy establishment is up in arms about Mitt Romney's selection of realist Bob Zoellick to head his national security transition team, but the realists have been the Republicans who steered the ship o

diplomatically, and militarily, to fight a war." Baker rejected, in detail, the four main criticisms neoconservatives both inside and outside the Romney campaign have made regarding Zoellick: that Zoellick is soft on China, insufficiently supportive of Israel, was weak on pressuring the Soviet Unio

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

ands the danger emanating from across the pond. Slower growth and higher unemployment can only hurt his chances in an already very tight race with Mitt Romney. Most Americans are bored or baffled by Europe. Try explaining the latest news about Greek politics or Spanish banks, and their eyelids begin to d

ts that never get beyond the talking stage. Don't expect any initiatives out of the United States until after the presidential election either. If Romney is elected, he and his EFTA_R 1_02204154 EFTA02720625 new team will need time to get settled and will likely see Israeli- Palestinian negotiation

of Arab lands were illegal and immoral underlying drivers of tensions, injustices and violence, and needed to be redressed. In this wider context, Dennis Ross' call for the U.S. to sanction Egypt for its policies in Sinai is a timely example of how the pro-Israel lobbies seem to place Israel's interests ab

, appear to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's consideration of a military strike. Despite this internal Israeli split, Republican candidate Mitt Romney has strongly endorsed Netanyahu and chided President Obama for taking an independent U.S. position, saying at a campaign rally Monday: "The preside

e bus was totally unacceptable. Him negotiating for Israel, our friend, totally unacceptable, in my view." Here's the situation in the negotiations Romney evidently dislikes: By the end of August, Catherine Ashton, the European diplomat who is the chief negotiator for the P5+1, will likely talk by pho

t: August 20 update Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:28:35 +0000 20 August, 2012 Article t The Washington Post Egypt's new leaders must accept reality Dennis Ross Article 2. National Review Egypt's Military and the Arab Spring Andrew C. McCarthy. Article 3. The Economist The Gaza Strip: A building boom

lieves more in content than in form, more in reform than in rhetoric. In the past days much has been written about Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's choice of running mate. I know, like, and admire Paul Ryan. For me, the point about him is simple. He is one of only a handful of politicians in Wa

rating is down to 49 percent. The Gallup Economic Confidence Index is at minus 28 (down from minus 13 in May). But Obama is still narrowly ahead of Romney in the polls as far as the popular vote is concerned (50.8 to 48.2) and comfortably ahead in the Electoral College. The pollsters say that Paul Rya

of Arab lands were illegal and immoral underlying drivers of tensions, injustices and violence, and needed to be redressed. In this wider context, Dennis Ross' call for the U.S. to sanction Egypt for its policies in Sinai is a timely example of how the pro- Israel lobbies seem to place Israel's interests ab

appear to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's consideration of a military strike. Despite this internal Israeli split, Republican candidate Mitt Romney has strongly endorsed Netanyahu and chided President Obama for taking an independent U.S. position, saying at a campaign rally Monday: "The preside

bus was totally unacceptable. Him negotiating for Israel, our friend, totally unacceptable, in my view." Here's the situation in the negotiations Romney evidently dislikes: By the end of August, Catherine Ashton, the European diplomat who is the chief negotiator for the P5+1, will likely talk by ph

nds of Israel in pursuit of a regional peace agreement. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made little secret of his preference for Republican Mitt Romney in last year's U.S. presidential campaign. Netanyahu and Obama have at times disagreed bitterly over issues relating to HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029694 --- P

trip, instead visiting Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Germany, where he emphasized the horror of the Holocaust and the moral imperative of defending Israel. Romney, among others, made the omission a campaign issue. But on regional security issues, Obama and Netanyahu have deepened cooperation amid rising U.S. mi

"This trip is a signal that the president has an interest, not just in the peace issue, but also in the broader concerns that Israel is facing," said Dennis Ross, a senior Middle East adviser to Obama during his first term who is at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "In some ways, it will be the p

nds of Israel in pursuit of a regional peace agreement. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made little secret of his preference for Republican Mitt Romney in last year's U.S. presidential campaign. Netanyahu and Obama have at times disagreed bitterly over issues relating to HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029781 --- P

trip, instead visiting Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Germany, where he emphasized the horror of the Holocaust and the moral imperative of defending Israel. Romney, among others, made the omission a campaign issue. But on regional security issues, Obama and Netanyahu have deepened cooperation amid rising U.S. mi

"This trip is a signal that the president has an interest, not just in the peace issue, but also in the broader concerns that Israel is facing," said Dennis Ross, a senior Middle East adviser to Obama during his first term who is at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "In some ways, it will be the p

uldn’t use it now. Jim Steinberg (ex Obama). Must be certainty in everyone’s mind as to outcome (ie.that Assad is out). Take nothing off the table. Dennis Ross (ex Obama): Costs and consequences of intervention have been discussed, but most of these consequences and costs will come to fruition whether we go

hat is going to be very ugly. Interestingly, polls suggest population and IR academics would not support such an attack. Both Pawlenty — representing Romney, and Podesta — representing Obama, presented a logic that — if followed, would lead to war with Iran. Logic sitting in Aspen is fine, pulling the tri