Monday, June 1, 2009

Obama Pushes Middle East Thaw

Mr Obama arrived in the Oval Office at 8.30am before going to a prayer service
Photo: GETTY


From Wall Street Journal:

Trip This Week Aims to 'Change the Conversation,' Broadly Restart U.S. Relations

President Barack Obama this week will try to capitalize on his popularity in the Middle East to improve relations between the U.S. and the Muslim world.

A much-anticipated address in Cairo on Thursday will be the most significant effort to-date in a string of outreach measures that began with Mr. Obama's inauguration -- although no major policy changes on the thorniest issues, such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, are expected to be announced.

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My Comment: One can always dream .....

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