Tuesday, August 18, 2009

New Hope For Middle East Peace?

Obama, left, met Mubarak in Cairo when he delivered his speech to the Muslim world in June [EPA]

Form Al Jazeera:

Barack Obama will try to re-invigorate his push for a Middle East peace settlement as he hosts talks with Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, at the White House.

Before Tuesday's meeting with the US president, Mubarak held discussions with Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, and other senior officials on Monday.

Mubarak was supposed to have visited Washington earlier this year but postponed the trip because of the death of his grandson.

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My Comment: President Mubarak has a point .... the peace process is both substance and process .... there may be no substance yet, but there is a need to get the process moving. Will President Obama advance his peace plan earlier .... I guess we will see.

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