Epstein Secrets

Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Gebran Bassil, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon Carl Bildt, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden Tony Blair. Quartet Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Berge Brende, Minister of F

the Middle East Peace Process Berge Brende, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway William J. Burns, Deputy Secretary of State of the United States Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Political Affairs Aurelia Frick, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Liechtens

Iran's closest ally, and its link to the Arab Middle East. Syria has provided the land bridge for the transport of Iranian weapons and militants to Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. Without Syria, Iran's pretensions to regional hegemony, and its ability to challenge Israel, would be crippled. It follows tha

ergy 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 State Bill Burns will in al

have believed that the Arab nationalist ideology he inherited, his opposition to Israel and his support for resistance movements such as Hizbullah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, gave him immunity from popular discontent. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal on 31 January, he claimed that Syria could

word,” says Patrick Kennedy, the undersecretary for management. Received wisdom gets eviscerated. “Jeff, you’ve got to do better than that,” she told Jeffrey Feltman, the assistant secretary for Near Eastern affairs, one day when he presented a shopworn idea. With USAID undergoing an overhaul, she listens to every