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swamppolitics.com - 6/4/2009
Obama: 'New beginning' in Cairo
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Christi Parsons and Mark Silva CAIRO -- President Barack Obama, calling for "a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world,'' said in a long-promised and widely watched address from Cairo today that the "cycle of suspicion and discord must end.'' The ...
huffingtonpost.com - 6/4/2009
Peter Daou: Let Women Wear the Hijab: The Emptiness of Obama's Cairo Speech
— huffingtonpost.com — I know many will gush over President Obama's Cairo speech and I'm likely swimming against the tide of the media and my fellow Democrats and progressives. But reading the transcript, I was struck by two things: 1. Aside from a few platitudes, it is ... (more) Peter Daou: Let Women Wear the Hijab: The Emptiness of ...

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jihadwatch.org - 6/4/2009
Platitudes and naivete: Obama's Cairo speech
— jihadwatch.org — Here is the text as prepared for delivery, provided by the White House, via USA Today , June 4 -- with comments interspersed: I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand ... (more) Platitudes and naivete: Obama's Cairo speech

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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 6/4/2009
What Barack Hussein Obama told Muslims in Egypt (text here)
— latimesblogs.latimes.com — President Barack Hussein Obama , born to a Muslim father and educated in a Muslim country, won a rousing response in Cairo today with an outreach to a Muslim world that reviled his predecessor George W. Bush. He won a gasping cheer at the start, ... (more) What Barack Hussein Obama told Muslims in Egypt (text here)

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