Sunday, May 22, 2011

White House Week


In a speech on Thursday, President Obama spoke about the changes in the Middle East, the Arab Spring: "Those shouts of human dignity are being heard across the region. And through the moral force of nonviolence, the people of the region have achieved more change in six months than terrorists have accomplished in decades."

He also outlined critera for an Israeli-Palestinian agreement to bring stability to the region.  GOPers attacked his call for making the pre-1967 borders--with negotiated land swaps--the basis for negotiations, but other Presidents including Bush had supported the same standard.  President Obama reinterated and clarified his position in a speech to a conservative Jewish group on Sunday, winning Josh Marshall's praise in a post titled A Proud Day for Obama.

Next week President Obama heads for Europe: he will visit the UK, France, Poland and his mother's ancestral home in Ireland.

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