worldtribune.com - 11/5/2008
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Malley, the aides said, met both Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Syrian President Bashar Assad to explain Obama's platform. The aides said Obama signaled to Mubarak that the United States would maintain military and civilian aid and sell advanced F-16 aircraft to Cairo. Egypt has not ...
israelnationalnews.com - 11/10/2008
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israelnationalnews.com —
(IsraelNN.com) According to a report on Middle East
Newsline , President-elect Barack Obama has dispatched his "senior...
foreign policy adviser", Robert Malley to Egypt and Syria to outline Obama's policy on the Middle East. Malley reportedly relayed a ...
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Report: Obama Sends Advisor Malley to Cozy Up to Egypt ...
littlegreenfootballs.com - 11/10/2008
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littlegreenfootballs.com —
Politics | Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:40:13
am PST In May of this year, Barack Obama...
fired Middle East adviser Robert Malley when it was revealed that Malley had been holding secret talks with Hamas . One of Barack Obama s Middle East policy advisers ...
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Obama Lied About Firing Anti-Israel Adviser?
abcnews.go.com - 10/31/2008
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abcnews.go.com —
Apparently Gen. David Petraeus does not agree with
the Bush administration that the road to Damascus is...
a dead end. ABC News has learned, Petraeus proposed visiting Syria shortly after taking over as the top U.S. commander for the Middle East. The ...
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Exclusive: Petraeus Wants to Go to Syria; Bush ...
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Obama promised U.S. reconciliation with Syria
Israpundit —
WASHINGTON — Presidential-elect Barack Obama has pledged to improve U.S. relations with Syria and Egypt.
Aides said Obama had sent senior foreign policy adviser Robert Malley to Egypt and Syria to outline the Democratic candidate’s policy on the Middle East.
The aides said Malley, who served in the administration of President Bill Clinton, relayed a pledge from Obama that the United States would seek to reconcile with Damascus as well as enhance relations with Cairo.
The aide said Obama plans to launch a U.S. ...
Setting the FP Landscape for a New Admin.
The Washington Note —
... from Damascus, as the regime offers a willingness to restrain Hezbollah and Hamas in exchange for a return to good favor. The gesture, I'm willing to bet, is tied to the dispatch of Rob Malley to both Cairo and Damascus with a message from Obama. ...
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