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The President Should Drop The Phrase ‘Muslim World’
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 6/2/2009
The President Should Drop The Phrase ‘Muslim World’
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Our guest blogger is Peter Juul , Research Associate at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. This Thursday, President Obama gives a much-anticipated speech at Cairo University in Egypt. The president himself is billing his speech as an “occasion to deliver a broader message about how ...
President Obama Speaks to the Muslim World from Cairo, Egypt (video)
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President Obama Speaks to the Muslim World from Cairo, Egypt (video)
— youtube.com — "A New Beginning"The President gives a speech in Cairo, Egypt, outlining his personal commitment to engagement with... the Muslim world, based upon mu... (more) President Obama Speaks to the Muslim World from Cairo, ...

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jihadwatch.org - 6/3/2009
Obama: The United States is "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world"
— jihadwatch.org — What planet is he on? "Obama Says U.S. Could Be Seen as a Muslim Country, Too," by... Jeff Zeleny for the New York Times Caucus Blog , June 2 (thanks to Randall): HAHN, Germany — As President Obama prepared to leave Washington to fly to the Middle ... (more) Obama: The United States is "one of the largest Muslim ...

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Obama’s lie of the day
blogs.dailymail.com - 6/3/2009
Obama’s lie of the day
— blogs.dailymail.com — The USA is not “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.”... (more) Obama’s lie of the day

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Matthew Yglesias:  Endgame

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Endgame
Matthew Yglesias — I haven’t heard from Newt Gingrich in a distressingly long time: — Obama should drop the phrase “Muslim world.” — Tim Fernholtz brings a useful point on “socialism.” — Why Larry Summers is so sleepy. — Last time Martin Feldstein did freelance IR he predicted a intra-EU civil war. — Egyptian Obamamania takes some odd forms. Last, I miss The State. ...

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