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Foreseeing a Clinton State Dept., Israelis and Arabs retool their expectations

 

Published 12/1/2008 at L.A. Times - Politics

Israel is applauding her all-but-certain nomination as a check on Obama, while the news has damped Arabs' hopes of a swing away from Bush policies. > Nearly a month after Barack Obama's election, his reported decision to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton for secretary of State is causing Arabs and Israelis to readjust expectations of his administration's policies toward the Middle East. (link)

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