no taxes. first-class air fare covered for strauss-kahn and his family whenever on official business. hotel expenses, as well. now, to an issue on the radar of every u.s. president in modern times, the middle east. as you may have heard, live right here on cnn, president obama reset the course of u.s. policy in the wake of the arab uprisings, of the death of osama bin laden of the new palestinian alliance of the nuclear stand-off with iran. yes, i could go on. mr. obama talked about all oef oes things and one more, the conflict between the palestinians and israel. while the core issues of the conflict must be negotiated, the basis of those negotiations is clear. a viable palestine, a secure israel. the united states believes that negotiations should result in two states with permanent palestinian borders, with
educator in chief that came out today. he provided a kind of world view, almost a historical interpretation of the causes and consequences of the arab spring. he began in the beginning with tunisia and moved forward. he tried to present a way in which he saw america s interests and values as squarely aligned with this arab revolution. he touched on the places that we don t like, the regimes we don t like that are having trouble dealing with people. tehran, damascus. he also talked about bahrain an yemen. but you are right, of course, he didn t talk about the 800-pound gorilla that is saudi arabia. but he also then went on to talk about ways to consolidate these revolutions, talking about the arab-israeli peace process. he s tougher on syria than he has been. he was more explicit in his support for two states, israel and palestine on 1967 borders, plus mutually agreeable land swaps. so very comprehensive. i have a feeling though that while it will be well received in the regio