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developed a taste for control -- control over the media, over the university, over the economy (through cronies such as his exorbitantly rich cousin Rami Makhlouf), control over society at large. Free expression is not allowed. Political decision-making is restricted to a tight circle around the president and s
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of Syrian statements on Tuesday. Its correspondent in Beirut, Anthony Shadid, landed interviews with presidential adviser Bouthaina Shaaban and with Rami Makhlouf, the powerful maternal cousin of President Bashar Assad, who represents the financial front of the regime. Shadid was allowed into Syria for only a f
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George W. Bush
PersonPresident of the United States from 2001 to 2009

Bill Clinton
PersonPresident of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)

Henry Kissinger
PersonAmerican politician and diplomat (1923–2023)

United States
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Hillary Clinton
PersonAmerican politician and diplomat (born 1947)

Bill Maher
PersonAmerican stand-up comedian and television host

Barack Obama
PersonPresident of the United States from 2009 to 2017

Ronald Reagan
PersonPresident of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)

Benjamin Netanyahu
PersonPrime Minister of Israel (1996–1999; 2009–2021; since 2022)

Hosni Mubarak
PersonPresident of Egypt from 1981 to 2011
Bashar
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Lebanon
LocationCountry in West Asia

Tunisia
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Yemen
LocationCountry in West Asia

Damascus
LocationCapital and largest city of Syria

Tunis
LocationCapital of Tunisia

North Africa
LocationNorthernmost region of the African continent
the Arab League
Organization
Cynthia Nixon
PersonAmerican actress and politician

Richard Nixon
PersonPresident of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)