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The Erdogan government's first major step outside of the U.S. alliance was during the Bush Administration, when it wouldn't let Washington use Turkey as a launching ground for U.S. troops entering Iraq in 2003.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Administration Alliance Bush Bush Administration Entering First Government Ground Iraq Launching Major Outside Step Troops Turkey Use Washington

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The Obama administration has been trying out a new policy toward Syria since the day it came to office. The Bush cold shoulder was viewed as a primitive reaction, now to be replaced by sophisticated diplomacy. Outreach would substitute for isolation.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Administration Been Bush Came Cold Day Diplomacy Isolation New Now Obama Obama Administration Office Out Outreach Policy Primitive Reaction Replaced Shoulder Since Sophisticated Substitute Syria Toward Trying Viewed Would

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In 2004, President Bush gave Prime Minister Sharon certain guarantees about American policy, but the Obama administration treated those as a kind of private letter having no binding policy impact.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: About Administration American Binding Bush Certain Gave Guarantees Having Impact Kind Letter Minister Obama Obama Administration Policy President President Bush Prime Prime Minister Private Sharon Those Treated

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It seems clear to me that the Obama Administration has no human rights policy. That is, while in some inchoate sense they would like respect for human rights to grow around the world, as all Americans would, they have no actual policy to achieve that goal - and they subordinate it to all their other policy goals.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Achieve Actual Administration All Americans American Around Clear Goal Goals Grow Human Human Rights Like Me Obama Obama Administration Other Policy Respect Rights Seems Sense Some Subordinate While World Would

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It was simply impossible to support Carter for reelection in 1980 and easy for me to support Reagan. The Reagan campaign was happy to have Democratic support, and the Reagan administration was happy to have Democrats in it; they took the view that, after all, Reagan himself had been a Democrat, so it was not a strike against you.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Administration After Against Been Campaign Carter Democrat Democratic Democrats Easy Had Happy Himself Impossible Me Reagan Simply Strike Support Took View You

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Even today, when the Obama administration has liberalized travel to Cuba - and failed to reverse that liberalization when Alan Gross was imprisoned - there are limits.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Administration Alan Cuba Even Failed Gross Imprisoned Limits Obama Obama Administration Reverse Today Travel

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The Knesset is in Israel, and the Western Wall is in Israel, and the sooner the Obama administration realizes this, the closer it will be to a Middle East policy worthy of our country and its long alliance with our ally in Jerusalem - which is, actually, the capital of the state of Israel.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Actually Administration Alliance Ally Capital Closer Country East Israel Jerusalem Long Middle Middle East Obama Obama Administration Our Policy Sooner State Wall Western Which Will Worthy

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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned, it seems, to direct the Middle East policy of the Obama administration.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Administration Cannot Condemned Direct East Middle Middle East Obama Obama Administration Past Policy Remember Seems Those Who

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During most of the Bush administration, human rights and democracy in Egypt were on the front burner.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Administration Burner Bush Bush Administration Democracy Egypt Front Human Human Rights Most Rights Were

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Peace in the Middle East has been on the Obama administration's mind from the beginning. Two days after his inauguration, the president traveled to the State Department to announce the appointment of George Mitchell as his Middle East peace negotiator.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Administration After Announce Appointment Been Beginning Days Department East George His Inauguration Middle Middle East Mind Mitchell Obama Peace President State State Department Traveled Two

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