Obama Cairo Speech

Obama's Speech and Displacement in the Muslim World

Ken Bacon | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

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Reducing displacement in Muslim countries and elsewhere is an important step toward creating a more peaceful, prosperous and stable world. The benefits will reach far beyond the Islamic world.

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Don't Dismiss Obama's Role in Lebanese Elections

Max Bergmann | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

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Obama's efforts beginning with his inaugural address and continued with his overtures to Iran may not be revolutionary, but they have changed the climate of American engagement with the region.

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Obama Dubbed "The Heir of Antar" As Reactions To His Cairo Speech Continue

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

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If there was a "reaction of the week" award, then it should go without any hesitation to popular Iraqi poet, Abbas Chechan.

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Michael Ware, Marc Thiessen Debate Whether Cairo Speech "Undercut" U.S. Troops (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

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Via, Crooks And Liars. Last week, Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen and CNN war correspondent Michael Ware "debated" whether or not President Barack Oba...

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Evidence Suggests Obama's Speech Already Undercutting Extremists

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics

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RAMALLAH, West Bank — From Lebanese guerrillas to Saudi preachers, Islamic extremists have warned followers not to be taken in by President Bara...

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One Unrepentant Zionist and the Two State Solution

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics

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That one Zionist would be me, but I know that I'm not alone. Take President Obama: he sounded like another unrepentant Zionist in Cairo this week. Z...

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Obama in Cairo: One View From Jerusalem

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 07.07.2009 | World

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An American friend emailed me to ask "What's Israel's/your take on Obama's remarks in Cairo?" I had to smile, because if there is one thing that has...

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Obama's (Almost) Perfect Speech

Omid Safi | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics

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Obama hit many of the right notes: He conveyed to his audience that he is familiar with the vast and glorious history of Islam, such as the long periods of religious tolerance in Andalusia where Muslims, Jews, and Christian lived together in peace under Islamic rule.

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Be All That You Can Be

Lance Simmens | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics

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Obama's critics are predictable in their attacks: indignant about our superiority; resistant to the notion that we may not always be right; delirious over the appearance of weakness; and defensive about their complicity in constructing the current state of affairs.

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Obama at Buchenwald and Beyond

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 07.07.2009 | World

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Perhaps Obama's Buchenwald visit was a symbolic reassurance to the Jews of the world: that he was aware of the reasons why a Jewish state became a moral necessity after the Holocaust.

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Tough Love for Israel

Murray Fromson | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Obama told the leaders of Hamas that they must recognize Israel's legitimacy as a precondition for peace. That's tough medicine for the Palestinians to swallow and even tougher for Netanyahu to believe.

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Friday Talking Points [80] -- Parsing Obama's Cairo Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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This is an interesting and refreshing subtext in Obama's entire speech -- he says things are "facts" and not opinions. Considering the lunacy that passes for "political debate" on American television screens -- where there are always two points of view, and every "fact" is subject to spin from one side or another -- it is a breath of fresh air.

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Israeli Settlers' 'Obama Hut' Constructed To Mock Cairo Speech

Jerusalem Post | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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A day after US President Barack Obama reiterated his call to stop settlement activity during a speech in Cairo, defiant settlers continued to erect il...

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What Would Obama Do If His Only Concern Was Israel?

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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If Barack Obama suddenly abandoned his activist policies -- his call for a settlement freeze and the two-state solution -- would that make him a better friend of Israel? The answer is obvious.

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Obama's Challenge to the Muslim World

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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Muslims now have the leader of the most powerful nation on earth agreeing with them and seeking their help.

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Meet the Muslims: Obama in Cairo

Wajahat Ali | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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Obama's speech, which was meticulously and strategically crafted as if penned by a chess master, had to simultaneously appease millions humiliated and dejected by a hypocritical and brutal U.S. foreign policy, and also justify U.S. objectives without appearing imperialistic or apologetic.

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How Do You Say "Kumbaya" in Arabic?

Richard Z. Chesnoff | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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A few thoughts after the Cairo Address. I don't know about you, but I am increasingly weary of our national leader trying to win friends and influen...

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GOP Senator, Conservative Pundits Claim Obama's Cairo Speech Anti-American (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

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Conservative pundits have launched into President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo, calling it "sympathetic" to 9/11 and critical of the U.S. military. ...

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Obama Presents a Bold Vision for Change to Come

Wael Nawara | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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Obama's speech may serve as the preamble of an informal collective contract in which each party, Arabs, Israelis and Americans must play its role and honor its commitments and obligations.

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Our President in Cairo: Muslims Listened. Did America?

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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We need to step back, take a deep breath and realize that we are at a turning point -- where all of our middle east relationships converge.

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Obama Speech Aimed At Bin Laden, Aides Say

Politico | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world was loaded with phrases and ideas aimed very much at rattling one man he never mentioned: Osama bi...

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A Paradigm to Jump-Start U.S.-Muslim Relations

John L. Esposito | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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In what may prove to be an historic event, was a major step forward in changing the course of American-Muslim relations

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Cooperation and Conflict: Obama's Cairo Speech

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

In Cairo, President Obama employed a variety of historical, liturgical, and political references to express America's hope for a new beginning with the Islamic world. Here are ten critical lines from the speech.

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Analysis: Obama's Islam Success Depends On Israel

AP | STEVEN R. HURST | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's speech to Muslims also had a huge and attentive Jewish audience, attuned to any suggestion that he might s...

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Cairo's Reaction to Obama's Speech

Annelle Sheline | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

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I couldn't believe how positive everyone's reaction seemed.

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