U.S. President Barack Obama is given a tour of the Great Pyramids of Giza by the Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawass (not in picture) while in Cairo, Egypt June 4, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (EGYPT POLITICS TRAVEL IMAGES OF THE DAY)A Message to the Muslim World -- President Barack Obama
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 University has been a source of Egypt's advancement. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. I am grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum.
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Obama's Tough Tour de Force in Cairo -- David Corn, CQ Politics
Speech Was a Series of Moral Equivalences -- Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
A Familiar Ring: Like Bush, But Effective -- Michael Crowley, New Republic
Long Odds on Israeli Settlements -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Can Obama Live Up to His Speech? -- Shmuel Rosner, The New Republic
Obama's Astonishing Message on Palestine -- Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy
A Great Sell, But Are Muslims Buying? -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine
Was Cairo the Right Place to Speak? -- Larry Diamond, The Plank
The False Equivalencies in Obama's Cairo Speech -- Max Boot, Contentions
What Obama Promised in Cairo -- Robert Naiman, Huffington Post
Obama in Cairo: Not a Game Changer -- Lisa Curtis, The Foundry
An Awful Speech -- Commentary
China Then and Now -- USA Today
China After Tiananmen -- Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
Tiananmen & Human Rights -- Rep. Christopher Smith, Washington Times
Deng Xiaoping's Bloody Power Play -- Samuel Chi, Rea
COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS
Obama's Tough Tour de Force in Cairo -- David Corn, CQ Politics
Speech Was a Series of Moral Equivalences -- Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
A Familiar Ring: Like Bush, But Effective -- Michael Crowley, New Republic
Long Odds on Israeli Settlements -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Can Obama Live Up to His Speech? -- Shmuel Rosner, The New Republic
Obama's Astonishing Message on Palestine -- Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy
A Great Sell, But Are Muslims Buying? -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine
Was Cairo the Right Place to Speak? -- Larry Diamond, The Plank
The False Equivalencies in Obama's Cairo Speech -- Max Boot, Contentions
What Obama Promised in Cairo -- Robert Naiman, Huffington Post
Obama in Cairo: Not a Game Changer -- Lisa Curtis, The Foundry
An Awful Speech -- Commentary
China Then and Now -- USA Today
China After Tiananmen -- Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
Tiananmen & Human Rights -- Rep. Christopher Smith, Washington Times
Deng Xiaoping's Bloody Power Play -- Samuel Chi, Rea
Obama's Astonishing Message on Palestine -- Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy
A Great Sell, But Are Muslims Buying? -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine
Was Cairo the Right Place to Speak? -- Larry Diamond, The Plank
The False Equivalencies in Obama's Cairo Speech -- Max Boot, Contentions
What Obama Promised in Cairo -- Robert Naiman, Huffington Post
Obama in Cairo: Not a Game Changer -- Lisa Curtis, The Foundry
An Awful Speech -- Commentary
China Then and Now -- USA Today
China After Tiananmen -- Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
Tiananmen & Human Rights -- Rep. Christopher Smith, Washington Times
Deng Xiaoping's Bloody Power Play -- Samuel Chi, RealClearWorld
What we are fighting for -- David Warren, Orrawa Citizen
Germany's Secret European Bailout -- Anatole Kaletsky, The Times
The Nature of the Scorpions in the Mideast -- Lauri B. Regan, American Thinker
Showdown in Caracas -- Alvaro Vargas Llosa, New Republic
China After Tiananmen -- Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
A Great Sell, But Are Muslims Buying? -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine
Was Cairo the Right Place to Speak? -- Larry Diamond, The Plank
The False Equivalencies in Obama's Cairo Speech -- Max Boot, Contentions
What Obama Promised in Cairo -- Robert Naiman, Huffington Post
Obama in Cairo: Not a Game Changer -- Lisa Curtis, The Foundry
An Awful Speech -- Commentary
China Then and Now -- USA Today
China After Tiananmen -- Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
Tiananmen & Human Rights -- Rep. Christopher Smith, Washington Times
Deng Xiaoping's Bloody Power Play -- Samuel Chi, RealClearWorld
What we are fighting for -- David Warren, Orrawa Citizen
Germany's Secret European Bailout -- Anatole Kaletsky, The Times
The Nature of the Scorpions in the Mideast -- Lauri B. Regan, American Thinker
Showdown in Caracas -- Alvaro Vargas Llosa, New Republic
China After Tiananmen -- Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune