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OBAMA AL-ARABIYA INTERVIEW: FULL TEXT
Here is the full text of President Obama's interview with Al-Arabiya Arab TV Network: INTERVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT BY HISHAM MELHEM, AL ARABIYA Map Room 5:46 P.M. EST Q Mr. President, thank you for this opportunity, we really appreciate it. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Q ...
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Obama: "My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy"
Jihad Watch — ... In a highly significant symbolic move, Obama gives his first interview as President to...Al-Arabiya. "Obama Al-Arabiya Interview: Full Text," from the Huffington Post, January 26 (thanks to all who sent this in): ...

Phase One in the Transition to the Caliphate
Balloon Juice — ... I finally got a chance to read Obama’s interview with Al-Arabiya, and I really did not find anything groundbreaking in it. Larison ...

Obama on a Nuclear Iran: Yes They Can?
Weekly Standard Blog — From Obama's interview with Al-Arabiya: Q Will the United States ever live with a nuclear Iran? And if not, how far are you going in the direction of preventing it? THE PRESIDENT: You know, I said during the campaign that it is very important for us to make sure that we are using all the tools of U.S. power, including diplomacy, in our relationship with Iran. Now, the Iranian people are a great people, and Persian civilization is a great civilization. Iran has acted in ways that's not conducive to peace and prosperity in the ...

AC360: Barack Obama's Interview With al-Arabiya
Crooks and Liars — ... since being elected President on al-Arabiya. David Gergen and Reza Aslan weigh in and are impressed to say the least. From Raw Story: For his first, formal, televised interview as President of the United States, Barack Obama could have gone anywhere. But instead of CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS or any other major American outlet, he's spoken to al-Arabiya, the largest network news provider in the Arab world. h/t to the HuffPo who has the entire interview transcript available. MELHEM: Let me take a ...

If I Were A Buddhist I Would Blow Something Up (Maybe Myself)
JustOneMinute — Note to Obama - enough already with dissing the Buddhists in America.  This is from The Messiah's inauguration speech : And here is The Chosen One in his interview with al-Aribiya : Come on - per Pew Research , Buddhists in the United States outnumber Muslims.  In fact, Buddhism is the third most popular major religion in this country; Islam is fourth and Hinduism is fifth.  Well, a caveat - I don't want to peeve Unitarians, who are statistically tied with the Buddhists.  But regardless, maybe Obama could give them a shout-out at some point, yes?  Or must they ...

FROM 'MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY' TO UNILATERAL APPEASEMENT
Dr. Sanity — ... This is remarkably astute. And it is little wonder that President Obama uses Siggy's words to chide Muslims in his recent interview on Al-Arabiya: ...

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Time goes behind-the-scenes to find out how President Obama granted his first television interview as president to Hisham Melhem, the Washington bureau chief for al-Arabiya, a Saudi-backed news channel headquartered in Dubai. "Whether it was because of the chemistry between the men or Obama's ...
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How did a journalist for an Arabic-language broadcaster score the first television interview granted by President Barack Obama? Well, at first, Hisham Melhem, the Washington Bureau Chief for al-Arabiya, a Saudi-backed channel headquartered in Dubai, thought he was getting something else. Not ...
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Hisham Melhem , Washington Bureau Chief for Al Arabiya , was trying to chase down an interview with former U.S. Senator and new presidential envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell. Pounding all of his channels, friends, networks, Melhem was informed Sunday that "something" might be in ...
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Melhem reflectsBen Smith's Blog
Jeffrey Goldberg talks to Al Arabiya's Hisham Melhem, who closes with this thought on his interview: Look, in the long run, he is telling the Muslim world that it's going to have a difficult time demonizing him. He's saying, "I'm willing to disagree with the people of the Muslim world ...
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Jeffrey Goldberg spoke with the reporter of the hour, al-Arabiya's Hisham Melhem, who detected in Obama's yesterday words a "shift in approach" in the way Obama described the Middle East conflict. "I'm not willing to say there is a shift in substance, but there is a shift in approach on the ...
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In his first formal interview since taking office, President Barack Obama sat down with Al-Arabiya TV's reporter Hisham Melhem in Washington to discuss conflicts in the Middle East, Bin Laden, and the possibility of nukes in Iran and Afghanistan. Transcript after the jump. read more