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Obama to Address the Muslim World from Egypt
The Page by Mark Halperin — The Page Politics up to the Minute by Mark Halperin | Obama to Address the Muslim World from Egypt Friday, May 8th, 2009 Article Tools Print Email RSS GETTY/ISTOCKPHOTO.COM The president will deliver a speech targeted to Muslims in Cairo on June 4. White House says it chose Egypt because it "in many ways represents the heart of the Arab world." [image] Print RSS E-Mail Follow on Twitter [image] Sign up for the daily email from The Page and get the very latest ...

A speech in Cairo
Ben Smith's Blog — ... The Post reports that Obama's promised address to the Muslim world will be delivered not from Indonesia, as he'd once suggested, but from Cairo, as Helene Cooper ...

Better than Tehran
Weekly Standard Blog — ... The Post reports that Obama's address to the Muslim world will be made in Cairo, not Indonesia as was first expected. It's a shame the President didn't have the courage to make his speech from the capital of a free and democratic Iraq. Indonesia, too, is a vibrant democracy. But Cairo is the heart of the old Middle East. At least there is a statement here that Obama is siding with the bloc of Arab autocracy against Tehran. But there is little else to redeem this choice of location. It is not bold, it is not new, it will be of a piece with his apologies for ...

Wanker of the Day
The Moderate Voice — ... The Post reports that Obama’s address to the Muslim world will be made in Cairo, not Indonesia as was first expected. It’s a shame the President didn’t have the courage to make his speech from the capital of a free and democratic Iraq. Indonesia, too, is a vibrant democracy. But Cairo is the heart of the old Middle East. At least there is a statement here that Obama is siding with the bloc of Arab autocracy against Tehran. But there is little else to redeem this choice of location. It is not bold, it is not new, it will be of a piece ...

SHAMELESS APES IN TUXEDOS AND THE MANY CATASTROPHES THAT THEY WILL PRECIPITATE
Dr. Sanity — ... Gates shuttled to Riyadh to plead with the Taliban’s long-time Wahhabi supporters and paymasters for help against the Taliban. Ah yes, comic relief...except that it's rather difficult to laugh, considering. Or, how about this public relations stunt, described mildly as "public diplomacy at its most asinine": President Barack Obama will deliver his long-rumored address to the Muslim world in Cairo on June 4th. Early reports suggest that Obama chose “The City of One-Thousand Minarets” for this speech to bolster ...