Dennis Ross

Dennis Ross is Not the Change We Can Believe In

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 01.09.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Barak Obama, Dennis Ross, Palestinian, Ehud Barak, Arafat, Obama's Cabinet, World News
Daoud Kuttab

In a speech Dennis Ross gave to the Seeds for Peace organization, he refused to use the universally accepted word "occupation".

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Dennis Ross Will Be Obama's 'Ambassador-at-Large' For The Middle East

Financial Times | Posted 01.08.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Dennis Ross, Dennis Ross, Barack Obama, Middle East, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Dennis Ross Mideast Envoy, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, World News

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Obama's Foreign Emissaries Named

Marc Ambinder | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dennis Ross, Richard Holbrooke, Emissaries, Iran, Foreign Embassy Workers, Richard Haass, Politics News

Transition officials confirm that President-elect Obama has asked Dennis Ross, Richard Haass, and Richard Holbrooke, to serve as his chief emissaries ...

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Colin Powell for Middle East Envoy -- Dennis Ross for US Ambassador to Israel?

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dennis Ross, James Woolsey, Thomas Donilon, Colin Powell, Bob Gates, Palestine, Chuck Hagel, Hamas, Middle East Peace Process, Robert Satloff, Jim Jones, Barack Obama, Warren Christopher, Iran, Richard Armitage, Susan Rice, James Steinberg, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Gregory Craig, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Colin Powell could be the person asked to do the broad negotiating and arm twisting to achieve the Obama administration's foreign policy objectives with Iran and in Arab-Israel peace negotiations.

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For Middle East Peace, Dennis Ross is Not the Change We Seek

Robert Naiman | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israel, Dennis Ross, Iran, Palestinians, Barack Obama, Palestine, Bill Clinton, Middle East, Obama Administration, Larry Summers, Politics News
Robert Naiman

A campaign by folks concerned about peace in the Middle East could help remove Dennis Ross from short lists for top positions supervising our diplomacy in the Middle East.

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Does Emanuel Appointment Signal Obama Pro-Israel Tilt?

Richard Silverstein | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Aipac, Dennis Ross, Pro Israel, Rahm Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel Chief of Staff, Obama Cabinet, Obama Administration, Israel, Benjamin Emanuel, Politics News
Richard Silverstein

Dick Cheney was able to perpetrate his outrages due to a president who had no sense of political self. That isn't the case with Obama. No one is going to take this man for a ride, political or otherwise.

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Distorting Obama's Views on Israel

Stephen Zunes | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Campaign, Barack Obama Israel, Iran, Israel, Barack Obama, Campaign Ads, Republicans, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Pat Buchanan, Dennis Ross, Tom Delay, Republican Smear Ads, Ehud Barak, Amnesty International, 2008 Presidential Election, Yasir Arafat, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Revolutionary Guard, Tony McPeak, Human Rights Watch, Obama Hamas, Smear Tactics, Cynthia McKinney, David Bonior, Ralph Nader, Politics News
Stephen Zunes

Rather than being necessary for getting him to the White House, Obama's right-wing positions regarding Israel and its neighbors are actually hurting him.

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Representative Tom Lantos: "True Blue and White"

Sam Sedaei | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Dennis Ross, Netanyahu, Robert Keeley, Lobbyists, Israel Lobby, Stephen Walt, David Wurmser, Tom Lantos, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Annapolis Peace Conference, Aipac, American Enterprise Institute, Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm, Serge Halimi, John Mearsheimer, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, Jewish Lobby, Ha’aretz, Colette Avital, Politics News
Sam Sedaei

The domestic lobbies' influence on policy process is rarely investigated by the media because of the media's own lack of impartiality. So it takes us citizens to do the job of looking at raw data and following the money.

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Backing Benazir Bhutto - How a Political Win Can Transform East-West Relations

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 10.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan, Pakistani Elections, Women and Politics, Dennis Ross, Statecraft, Daughter of the East, Politics News
Arlene M. Roberts

Ms. Bhutto should be afforded the opportunity to build upon her legacy - especially the empowerment of women - and complete the agenda established in her previous administration.

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