President Obama's Interview On Al Arabiya

In an image made from a video provided by Al-Arabiya, President Barack Obama is interviewed in Washington by Dubai-based Al-Arabiya cable network Monday Jan. 26, 2009. It was the Obama's first formal television interview as president given to an Arabic cable TV network. (AP Photo/Al-Arabiya)

Obama: U.S. Not Your Enemy -- The Politico

President Barack Obama presented a humble and conciliatory face of America to the Islamic world Monday in the first formal interview since he assumed office, stressing his own Muslim ties and hopes for a Palestinian state, and avoiding a belligerent tone — even when asked if America could "live with" an Iranian nuclear weapon.

The interview with the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya Network was a dramatic piece of public diplomacy aimed at capitalizing on the new American president's international popularity, though it balanced America's traditional commitment to Israel, whose security Obama called "paramount.'

"I have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries," Obama said, according to a White House transcript. "My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy."

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More News On President Obama's Interview On Al Arabiya

Obama tells Arabic network US is 'not your enemy' -- AP
Obama Voices Hope for Mideast Peace in Talk With Al-Arabiya TV -- Washington Post
Obama speaks to Arabs of urgency in peace talks -- L.A. Times
Obama Tells Arab World U.S. Will ‘Start by Listening’ -- New York Times
Obama to Arabs: "what you'll see is someone who is listening" -- Foreign Policy
'Americans are not your enemy,' Obama tells Muslims -- CNN
'Conciliatory' Obama speaks to Al-Arabiya -- American Thinker

Interview On Youtube

Al Arabiya has made the interview available on YouTube in two parts, both of which are embedded here: