Article: Clooney advises Obama on body language and Iraq; CLOSE: Oscar-winner George Clooney is said to call Barack Obama at least twice a week.

Article: Bush doctrine. (Special Report US).(George W. Bush, foreign policy; United States' relations with Middle East)
MEED Middle East Economic Digest;  August 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the 19 months since George W Bush assumed office...projection of military force. George W Bush is not the only...the badlands of the Middle East who Bush would dearly...the status quo. When George W Bush administration...would seek to keep the Middle East at arms length. ...

Article: REASSESSING U.S. ASSISTANCE TO THE MIDDLE EAST:GEORGE LAUDATO
Congressional Testimony;  May 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Testimony 05-08-2008 Statement of George Laudato Special Assistant, Administrator, The Middle East Middle East Bureau U.S. Agency For International...House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia May 8, 2008 Chairman...

Article: Bush requests $40 million for Middle East "democracy campaign".(Across the Region)(George W. Bush)(Brief Article)
Africa & The Middle East Telecom;  January 1, 2004 ;     211 words ...US President George Bush has urged the Congress...on new projects in the Middle East. Without democratic reform...where freedom is rare, the Middle East will breed extremists...free labor unions in the Middle East, Bush said. Hostility...

Article: Fear the zealot who holds life cheap POWERPLAY POWERPLAY IAIN MACWHIRTER suggests the reports claiming that George Bush believes he is on a divine mission in the Middle East, perhaps in pursuit of an Islamist Antichrist, should give us all grave cause for concern
The Sunday Herald;  October 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ...SO, now we know. George W Bush is on "a mission from God". Moreover he's on first...the invasion of Iraq in 2003 that: "God would tell me: 'George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan'. And I did. Then God would tell me 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq. And I did." Hallelujah...policy- ...

Article: Oil-for-Food Galloway: Biting Back at Senators.(British politician George Galloway answers questions regarding 'oil-for-food' arrangements with Iraq)(Middle East ASI)(Brief Article)
Newsweek;  May 30, 2005 ;     233 words ......appearance, left-wing British pol George Galloway condemned the Iraq...him about a company called Middle East ASI, run by a close friend...collected in Iraq shows that Middle East ASI handled millions of barrels...documents say was earmarked for Middle East ASI (Mr. Galloway). ...

Article: Bush's Middle East mission gets tougher; after early ground for optimism following the re-election of George W Bush, the US new-look regional policy is running into old realities.(THE LAST WORD)(George W. Bush)
MEED Middle East Economic Digest;  July 29, 2005 ;     676 words ......second term ended in April, American Middle East policy had an encouraging look. Aggressive...Am I the only one to think that US Middle East policy in the nine months since Bush...intentions are foundering on the rocks of Middle East realities. Israel's August Gaza pull-o...

Article: One hundred days on, a cheer for Bush's new Middle East policy: no US president was as unpopular in the Middle East as George W Bush. It is time to think again.(THE LAST WORD)
MEED Middle East Economic Digest;  April 22, 2005 ;     636 words ......days will have passed since George W Bush was sworn in for the...unilateral action to bring about Middle East regime change. These fears...The quiet revolution in US Middle East policy since the start of...more than a century. In the Middle East, five of the six GCC states...

Article: Obama to name George Mitchell special envoy to the Middle East ; Peace negotiator in line for role
Belfast Telegraph;  January 21, 2009 ;     293 words ......plans to name former Senator George Mitchell as his Middle East envoy in one of his first actions...weeks before he took over from George W Bush, citing the principle...to reclaim US leadership on Middle East peace issues. "This is a president...

Article: Bush and Blair unite in Middle East peace bid; Hand of history? Tony Blair greets George Bush.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 28, 2007 ;     506 words ......try to bring peace to the Middle East by the end of next year. President George Bush, Israeli prime minister...aninternational conference on the Middle East. The deal was struck after...minister is there in his role as Middle East envoy for thequartet, which...the dawnof a new ...

Article: Bush's biggest challenge: how to work with a party intent on destroying Israel AMERICA: THE RESPONSE AMERICA: THE RESPONSE Democracy in the Middle East has been George Bush's mantra, but as the Palestinian election shows, this has created new difficulties for the White House.
The Sunday Herald;  January 29, 2006 ;     700+ words ......least democracy was being brought to the Middle East. So it has been, in the sense that elections...that for democracy to succeed in the Middle East it will inevitably include Islamic fundamentalists...the collapse of bin Ladenism in the Middle East." In effect, this means that the ...

Article: George Atiyeh, 84; Middle East scholar
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  May 3, 2008 ;     664 words ......NJ) 05-03-2008 George Atiyeh, 84; Middle East scholar -- Built...WASHINGTON — George Atiyeh, a librarian...concerning the Middle East, died April 21...the African and Middle East Division at the...suffering a stroke. George Nicholas Atiyeh...

Article: George W. and the dominoes: Iraq was supposed to trigger a democratic chain reaction in the Middle East. Instead--see the missiles over Haifa--the tumbling is going backward.(THE POWER GRID)
New York;  August 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ......terror, Tony Blair has been George W. Bush's indispensable ally...delivered last week, as the Middle East teetered on the brink of chaos...playing the peacemaker in the Middle East. Or perhaps it was (like so...with bizarre optimism, a new Middle East --precisely the role ...

Article: Mitchell backs Biden bill to limit Middle East arms sales. (George Mitchell; Joseph Biden)
Defense Daily;  May 15, 1991 ;     334 words ...9 Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-Me.) put his considerable...chemical (NBC) arms to the Middle East (Defense Daily, May 6). The...proliferation of arms in the Middle East and convene a conference of...further U.S. arms sales to the Middle East, Biden said yesterday. ...

Article: Obama to Tag Mitchell As Middle East Envoy.(Barack Obama and George Mitchell)(Brief article)
U.S. News & World Report;  January 21, 2009 ;     185 words ......former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell envoy to the Middle East. The appointment could come...impact Obama's policy for the Middle East? One need only look at the...director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution...