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The Obama Doctrine Libya Is What A World Without U.S. Leadership Looks Like. 'This is the Obama conception of the U.S. role in the world—to work through multilateral organizations and bilateral relationships to make sure that the steps we are taking are amplified." —White House National Security Council spokesman Ben Rhodes, March 10, 2011, as quoted in the Washington Post "They bombed us with tanks, airplanes, missiles coming from every direction. . . . We need international support, at least a no-fly zone. Why is the world not supporting us?" —Libyan rebel Mahmoud Abdel Hamid, March 10, 2011, as quoted...

The U.S. government came under fire today for chartering a rescue boat for Americans stuck in Libya that is too small to cope with the rough Mediterranean sea. Hundreds of American citizens were finally set to depart Tripoli harbour aboard the Maria Dolores, a small passenger ferry chartered by the U.S., trapped there by rouigh seas. At the same time larger Greek and Turkish vessels have transported thousands of their own citizens to safety, crossing the choppy water to mainland Europe.

US efforts to revive the Middle East process floundered on Tuesday after President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held closed-door talks amid signs of friction. The two went into talks with the United States having renewed its opposition to Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Netanyahu left the White House after spending an hour and 40 minutes, without making the customary public appearance with the US president. "The president reaffirmed our strong commitment to Israel's security, and discussed security cooperation on a range of issues," the White House said in a brief statement. "The president and prime...

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Kirk says tax cut may have to be reined in for war on terror 04/23/2002 By CARL P. LEUBSDORF / The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON - Democratic Senate nominee Ron Kirk said Monday that although he probably would have backed President Bush's tax cut last year, he now thinks it might need to be scaled back because of the terrorist attacks. "Clearly, the events of Sept. 11 radically changed the economic landscape" by requiring spending on a war "that we did not anticipate," the former Dallas mayor said. Mr. Kirk, who opposes Republican state Attorney General John Cornyn for...

<p>We can all remember when the Mideast was not a crisis but rather an unanswered question: How will they find peace? It was a place that in our lifetimes had not achieved amity and accord but was not always at war, at least not always in full, hot war.</p>

<p>Pushing a Senate energy bill that includes a controversial provision to increase U.S. reliance on domestic oil production, President Bush said Tuesday that recent events in the Middle East only bolster the argument for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.</p>

German proposes foreign presence for Mideast crisis   BERLIN, April 9 (Reuters) - Germany is proposing a plan to solve the Middle East crisis involving a possible international presence, either military or civilian, a foreign ministry source said on Tuesday. The plan calls for joint action from the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations and includes a ceasefire, an Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian territories and the enforcement of U.N. Security Council resolutions. The German foreign ministry's "ideas paper" calls for a "security presence" to provide an international guarantee of any truce or peace deal, the source said. He declined to confirm...

President Bush should invite Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to Camp David to negotiate peace, the widow of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat said Wednesday in San Antonio. Jehan Sadat, widow of Egypt's Anwar Sadat, speaks with the media. She was at St. Mary's University on Wednesday. Bahram Mark Sobhani/Express-News Jehan Sadat addressed more than 800 people at St. Mary's University's Greehey Arena in the final event of the university's spring program on understanding the Middle East. Her husband was president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981. Ratifying the U.S.-brokered Camp David...