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corner.nationalreview.com - 6/4/2009

The President's Speech (as Released by the White House)

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Remarks of President Barack Obama A New Beginning Cairo, Egypt June 4, 2009 I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo ...

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commentarymagazine.com - 6/4/2009

Obama in Cairo

— commentarymagazine.com — Having just read Obama’s Cairo speech, my reaction is: Not bad. It could have been better. But... it also could have been a lot worse. Steve Hayes is right in noting that Obama could have talked more pointedly about the relative success of Iraqi ... (more) Obama in Cairo

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townhall.com - 6/4/2009

Hugh Hewitt: "The streets surrounding the university and across the city were largely quiet and ...

— townhall.com — Listening to Robin Wright, Ed Rollins and others on CNN discuss the president's speech, I am struck... by the unreality of not just's the president's remarks, but also of the commentary surrounding it. "The Muslim world"... (more) Hugh Hewitt: "The streets surrounding the university and ...

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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 6/4/2009

Cairo Speech: Fair, Balanced And Not Backing Down

— tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com — Mission accomplished. For the first time in memory, an American President spoke to Muslims and Arabs not... as antagonists who need to take certain actions before achieving US acceptance but as equals. Not only did the speech specifically reject western ... (more) Cairo Speech: Fair, Balanced And Not Backing Down

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Obama's Cairo speech, a first take
Power Line — ... I've read the version of President Obama's Cairo speech released by the White House. I don't have time for a detailed commentary right now, nor have I done more than a first read. But it seems to me, on first read at least, that it's a rather good speech. ...

Obama’s Muslim Speech In Cairo
Nice Deb — ... No single nation should pick and choose which nations hold nuclear weapons.” NRO: RUBIN: Obama Abandons Democracy • McCARTHY: Obama Revises Adams and Jefferson • PERINO: Two Presidential Speeches in Egypt • AZARVA: Desert Mirage • Full Text of Obama’s Speech in Cairo ...

McCarthy: Making Believe
Articles on National Review Online — T he Islamic world has heard the much anticipated speech about the relationship between Islam and America from Barack Hussein Obama — emphasis added by the president himself, who until recently considered the use of his middle name a right-wing smear. The oration was called A New Beginning. A Pretend Beginning would have been a more accurate. Though President Obama has won plaudits from some surprising quarters — including from National Review — the speech was warmed-over leftist dogma sprinkled with a fictional accounting of Islam and its history. NR s editors ...

Putting words in Obama's mouth
Power Line — President Obama's Cairo speech has drawn lots of criticism, some of it quite harsh. Anne Bayefsky's post today on The Corner is among the harshest I've seen. Obama deserves some of the criticism he has received. However, some of it is, I think, wide of the mark. For example, Bayefsky says that "Obama equated the Holocaust to Palestinian 'dislocation.'" But Obama did no such thing. Here is what he said: Around the world, the Jewish people were persecuted for centuries, and anti-Semitism in Europe culminated in an unprecedented ...

Did Obama do anything to "delegitimize" Israel?
Power Line — ... Yesterday, I took issue with Charles Krauthammer's statement that President Obama's Cairo speech contained statements that "delegitimize" Israel. I also promised to explain the basis for my disagreement. ...