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  • Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for the Middle East Colin Kahl participates in a panel discussion about Iran’s nuclear program sponsored by the National Iranian American Council in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 21, 2012. Kahl said the Iranian supreme leader had not decided to start a full-fledged program to build nuclear weapons.
    Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for the Middle East Colin Kahl participates in a panel discussion about Iran’s nuclear program sponsored by the National Iranian American Council in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 21, 2012. Kahl said the Iranian supreme leader had not decided to start a full-fledged program to build nuclear weapons.
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    Does Israel Lie America Into Wars?

    Colin Kahl’s creepy insinuation was debunked last week. The question is why Biden’s Pentagon pick said it in the first place.

    byTony Badran
  • Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institute Martin Indyk, speaks on the first day of the US-Islamic World Forum in the Qatari capital Doha on June 9, 2013. (KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images)
    Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institute Martin Indyk, speaks on the first day of the US-Islamic World Forum in the Qatari capital Doha on June 9, 2013. (KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Brookings Responds to Tablet Piece on Qatar Funding

    Strobe Talbott defends think tank; Lee Smith replies

    byThe Editors
  • Martin Indyk and John Kerry, 2013.(Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)
    Martin Indyk and John Kerry, 2013.(Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)
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    How Peace Negotiator Martin Indyk Cashed a Big, Fat $14.8 Million Check From Qatar

    One Middle Eastern nation does indeed pay to influence U.S. foreign policy. Hint: It’s not Israel.

    byLee Smith
  • Nancy Pelosi addressing the J Street conference.(Flickr)
    Nancy Pelosi addressing the J Street conference.(Flickr)
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    Overheard at the 2013 J Street Conference

    Nancy Pelosi called a two-state solution ‘essential to U.S. national security’

    byLiam Hoare
  • UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon shakes hands with Israel's Justice Minister and chief negotiator Tzipi Livni, during a meeting on August 16, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel.(Sebastian Scheiner - Pool /Getty Images)
    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon shakes hands with Israel's Justice Minister and chief negotiator Tzipi Livni, during a meeting on August 16, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel.(Sebastian Scheiner - Pool /Getty Images)
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    Peace Negotiators Meet, Will Meet Again

    That’s about all anyone is saying right now

    byAdam Chandler
  • Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at Al-Shaab Palace in Damascus, June 24, 2009.(Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images)
    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at Al-Shaab Palace in Damascus, June 24, 2009.(Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Syriana

    Bashar al-Assad has maintained his country’s key position in Mideast politics by drawing out the peace process and turning it into warfare by other means

    byTony Badran
  • Prime Minister Netanyahu yesterday.(Lior Mizrahi/AFP/Getty Images)
    Prime Minister Netanyahu yesterday.(Lior Mizrahi/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Obama’s Non-Campaign Against Bibi

    Sometimes criticism is just criticism

    byMarc Tracy
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