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, attempting to broker peace in the West Bank and Syria, critics charge the Obama administration with 'turning inward' and a 'global retreat.' For Condoleezza Rice, reductions in the defense budget and failure to leave a residual presence in the Iraq she helped Pyrrhically to liberate add up to a forsaking of

inward' and a 'global retreat.' For Condoleezza Rice, reductions in the defense budget and failure to

timate electoral means, just as U.S. policy had demanded, and it was headed toward a second election that it probably would have lost. Although the Morsi government did use force against demonstrators, that was nothing compared with the military's killing of thousands and imprisonment of tens of t

tal crackdown on Egypt's Islamists is creating a new generation of terrorists. Whatever one thought of the government of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi, and there was much to criticize, it came to office by fair and legitimate electoral means, just as U.S. policy had demanded, and it was headed tow

stice Department lawyers on surveillance issues; firing Cheney's dearest friend, Donald Rumsfeld, from his Pentagon job; letting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice win the argument over whether to bomb a Syrian nuclear reactor site (we didn't). Finally understand that he had been seriously played by Cheney, in

been a weird amnesty and amnesia about people's misjudgment on the most consequential decision of our times.... Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Bremer, Rice, McCain, Abrams, and others including the pro-war press claque are still offering their judgments unfazed. One of my father's saying is, "history i

e give foreign aid -- supporting the Obama Administration and in particular, Secretary of State John Kerry, traveling to Cairo and handing President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt, a cool $250 million in foreign aid during the current sequestration. Remember, Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood is openly anti-Christian, anti-

rry, traveling to Cairo and handing President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt, a cool $250 million in foreign aid during the current sequestration. Remember, Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood is openly anti-Christian, anti-Semitic and otherwise prolifically intolerant. Just three years ago, Morsi called on Egyptians

ma administration would be wise to nurture this rare bipartisan unity as much as the international coalition it has assembled against Iran. It was Condoleezza Rice's State Department, after all, that originated the notion of a two-track policy of steadily increasing economic pressure on Iran while seeking a dipl

nated the notion of a two-track policy of steadily increasing economic pressure on Iran while seeking a diplomatic settlement of the nuclear issue. Rice marshaled the United Nations Security Council to repeatedly censure Iran and demand that it suspend all of its nuclear activities. The Treasury De

d on religion Two articles approved on Sunday would expand the role of the military, which installed the current interim government after removing Morsi, in Egypt's politics. Photo: AP Washington: Egypt's constitutional panel approved an amended charter, clearing a key hurdle in the military-backed

titution marked a milestone in the government's so-called road map to restoring democratic rule following the military's July 3 ouster of President Mohamed Morsi. His overthrow was followed by the suspension of the old charter, which, while approved in a referendum, fueled deadly protests that encouraged the

She has had far less success convincing Russia and China to reverse their position on Syria. But if the election in November goes to Obama -- whom Rice supported in 2008 over Hillary Clinton, despite having worked for her husband through all eight years of his administration -- she's likely to rema

Arabia and Iran, and add a new player on the arena of the ongoing Cold War in the region between major regional and international actors. President Mohamed Morsi called — from the heart of the Iranian capital — for the departure of President Bashar al-Assad. In his speech before the non-alignment summit, he

ls, stressing that the Gulf security was linked to their country's security. And certainly, Riyadh was the first capital to be visited by President Morsi to corroborate his insistence on the historical relations between the two countries, knowing that Saudi Arabia had decided to help Cairo by providi

nship between presidents and the militaries they direct. "I fear it will be a symbolic use of power," added Mr. Cohen, who served as a counselor to Condoleezza Rice when she was secretary of state. MR. OBAMA does not seem to share the same fear, or at least he does not give voice to that concern. He told his s

. Cohen, who served as a counselor to Condoleezza Rice when she was secretary of state. MR. OBAMA does

ilar namesake campaigns sprang up in the Arab world. The Rebel campaign, turned grassroots movement, led to the removal of elected former president Mohamed Morsi. In Tunisia, Bahrain, Libya, Syria, Morocco, and Palestine, different versions of the Tamarod campaign took root, each born out of the experiences

acies that provided no meaningful outlet for the economic and political aspirations of the populace—was not sustainable. Indeed, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was later to note—in June 2005, speaking in Cairo, no less—that "For 60 years, my country, the United States, pursued stability at the expense of

tainable. Indeed, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was later to note—in June 2005, speaking in Cair

y takeover as a coup, security officials said. Police abuses and politicized prosecutions are hardly new in Egypt, and they did not stop under Mr. Morsi. But since the military takeover last month, some rights activists say, the authorities are acting with a sense of impunity exceeding even the per

ervatives like Paul D. Wolfowitz pressed a doctrine of preventive war and put it into effect in Iraq. Eventually, more pragmatic conservatives like Condoleezza Rice pulled the president back toward diplomacy. Over the last four years, Republicans tried to paper over their divisions. In the 2008 and 2010 electi

has derided Mr. Obama's handling of foreign policy (notably on Iran and Israel) with overheated rhetoric but only vague hints at alternatives. Ms. Rice (whose rhetorical jab at Mr. Obama's "leading from behind" was a big applause line) and Mr. McCain (whose calls for aiding the Syrian opposition dr

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mits to what the United States would do to nurture democracy, whether there, or in Bahrain, Libya, Tunisia or Yemen. The president's goal, said Ms. Rice, who discussed the review for the first time in an interview last week, is to avoid having events in the Middle East swallow his foreign policy age

close relationship with Sisi, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel failed to convince his Egyptian counterpart to refrain from kwidating protest camps of Morsi supporters in August. The subsequent diplomatic efforts of Sens. John McCain and Lindsay Graham were equally futile. For Egypt's current leaders,

ck at the World Bank. It was a justifiable move, given America's difficulties in holding onto the bank's presidency. But it would also have removed Rice, perhaps Clinton's likeliest successor at this point, from the race. Hadley is taking the route above party politics. He's serving on Clinton's pol

fication was a possibility, the organization nominated a second candidate, Muhammad Morsi. A longtime member of the Brotherhood's leadership ranks, Morsi emerged as one of the public faces of the organization after the revolution as head of the Freedom and Justice Party. While he doesn't have nearly

y of State Hillary Clinton to UN Ambassador Susan Rice, say that arming the opposition could be tantamo

ut for democracy would tempt ordinary Egyptians to pine for the brutal certitudes of Mr Mubarak's rule. Better that the vote take place—and that Mr Morsi, the Muslim Brother, become president of the Arab world's biggest country. People are nervous of the Muslim Brothers. Many secular-minded Arabs fe