Further from Peace
Today the National (UAE) published a story entitled, “Obama betrays hope created by Cairo speech.” As the Arab press turns against Obama, can it safely be concluded that the administration’s first foray into the arena of Israel-Palestine peace-making has failed? Two of the major prongs were the Cairo speech and the demand for a [...]
The Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship
Today we are beginning to accept nominations for the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, which will take place in Washington, D.C. next spring. This event is the direct result of President Obama’s speech in Cairo last June. In that speech, the President sought to establish a new beginning built on the basis of mutual [...]
Seeing the world as it is, once again
President Obama’s war of words with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has hurt Obama’s standing in Israel, as a majority of Israelis have concluded that the U.S president is pro-Palestinian. But Obama’s attacks have not hurt the standing of Israel, or even of Netanyahu, in the United States.
So suggests a poll conducted by [...]
Ignore Idaho, end up in the Congo
John wrote here about Secretary of State Clinton’s angry moment in the Congo. Clinton lost her composure when asked (in a mistranslation of the question) about her husband’s view of a trade agreement between China and the Congo.
Most commentary on the incident has attributed Clinton’s anger to the fact that folks [...]
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Barack Obama's drive for peace in the Middle East is a complex …guardian.co.ukBarack Obama's drive for a comprehensive Middle East peace settlement is a complex and multi-layered enterprise. It involves renewing two sets of suspended …Middle East Peace Deal Is One Of Obama's 'top Priorities'RTT NewsMitchell meets Assad in DamascusFinancial TimesUS Mideast envoy in Cairo [...]
White House Video — Going Global
As noted in a recent TechPresident article, you can now see interesting statistics on where videos are most popular from various YouTube accounts, including the official White House channel on YouTube. For example, President Obama’s video message to the Iranian people on the Nowruz holiday was our third most viewed video overall and our most viewed in Iran.
The President’s speech to [...]
