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The attack presents the president-elect with yet another foreign crisis to deal with when he enters the White House, even as he has struggled to focus on the country’s economic problems. >
nytimes.com - 12/29/2008
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The attack presents the president-elect with yet another
foreign crisis to deal with when he enters the...
White House, even as he has struggled to focus on the country’s economic problems. >
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Obama Defers to Bush, for Now, on Gaza Crisis
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Obama's Options for the Israel-Gaza Conflict
TalkLeft —
... for Obama to take a strong position while Bush was still President, but repeated what Obama had said when visiting Israel this summer: ...
Gaza Crisis Another Challenge for Obama
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... New York Times: In the case of Israel and the Palestinians, Mr. Obama has not suggested he has any better ideas than President Bush had to resolve the existential conflict between the Israelis and Hamas, the Palestinian group that controls Gaza. ...
The Early Word: Obama and Israel
The Caucus —
... But other than internal discussions, Mr. Obama has not made any public comments about the recent Israeli air strikes, deferring, as The Times’s Steven Lee Myers and Helene Cooper note , to the Bush administration. Even so, they write, his election “has raised expectations, among allies and enemies alike, that new American policies are forthcoming, putting more pressure on him to signal more quickly what he intends to do.” And what are the consequences of the attacks to the prospects for a Middle East peace agreement during the Obama administration? The Los Angeles ...
Emanuel Officially Resigns From the House
The Caucus —
More Politics News Obama Defers to Bush, for Now, on Gaza Crisis By STEVEN LEE MYERS and HELENE COOPER The attack presents the president-elect with yet another foreign crisis to deal with when he enters the White House, even as he has struggled to focus on the country’s economic problems. ...
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