Why has US President Barak Obama decided to foment a crisis in US relations with Israel?

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Is Barak Obama the bright shining star of the Senate now, somehow, as Joe Watkins said, dirtied?

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President Barak Obama's Middle East mediator, George Mitchell, has called for the administration to support a Hamas-Fatah government.

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Last week Barak Obama and Mitt Romney had an opportunity to express their thoughts and plans on fixing the US economy and dealing with unemployment.

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Barak Obama has been assigned to lead the Democratic efforts.

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Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama's appearance before a large evangelical congregation in Orange County over the weekend underscored an evident imperative of his campaign: Emphasize his Christian faith and put to rest insistent rumors that he secretly adheres to the Islamic creed of his father and youth.

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Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who met briefly with President Obama at the White House just before he left for the Middle East, dismissed criticisms of the speech, explaining that it was written with an Arab audience in mind.

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Unfortunately for Mr Obama the decision is more likely to rest with Mr Barak and his prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, than with him.

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