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By Barbara Slavin - AOL News(Sept. 16) -- It may seem like overloading the circuits. But as Israel pursues peace with the Palestinians, now is also the time to lay the groundwork for peace talks with Syria. Restarting negotiations between Israel and Syria could bring major benefits for Israelis and moderate Palestinians as well as for Lebanon and Syria. It would undercut the fundamentalist group Hamas and help stave off a possible new war between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia armed by Iran and Syria. George Mitchell, the Obama administration's special Middle East envoy, is visiting Damascus today to brief ...
George Mitchell Lays Groundwork as Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Talks
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyIf there were no conflict, Ramallah and Jerusalem would be considered neighboring towns. By car, they lie only 16 miles apart; even fewer as the crow flies. The distance might as well be an ocean. Former Sen. George Mitchell must be tired. He's swum this ocean's length already, dozens of times. Over the last weeks Mitchell, the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, a diplomat decorated for his role in the Northern Ireland peace process, has shuttled back and forth between Jerusalem and Ramallah, working to lay the groundwork allowing mediated talks to begin between Israeli Prime ...
Embattled Obama Adviser Steps Down
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyJim Johnson, a member of Sen. Barack Obama's Vice-Presidential selection committee embroiled in a controversy over discounted mortgages he received from mortgage giant Countrywide Financial, resigned his position with the campaign today. Sen. Obama released a statement announcing the resignation and said that Johnson did not want his service to the campaign to become a distraction."Jim did not want to distract in any way from the very important task of gathering information about my vice presidential nominee, so he has made a decision to step aside that I accept." When asked about the ...
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