Posted on 02/11/2010 1:13:47 PM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama's charm offensive on Muslim states comes to a weekend forum in Qatar, where he will send a video message and his chief diplomat will give a speech, organizers said Thursday.
Obama will deliver his message to the seventh annual US-Islamic World Forum in the Qatari capital, which Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend Sunday with other senior US officials, The Brookings Institution said.
The gathering organized by the think-tank's Saban Center for Middle East Policy and Qatar's foreign affairs ministry brings "leaders from across the Muslim world for an intensive three-day dialogue with key US officials, societal leaders and policy experts," Brookings said.
"With President Obama determined to turn the page in America's relations with Muslim communities around the globe, this year's Forum will examine how to craft more robust partnerships that can help repair the deep divisions our societies," Brookings President Strobe Talbott said in a statement.
Talbott, who was a key diplomat in president Bill Clinton's administration, is also due at the forum, along with Richard Holbrooke, the US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan and Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry.
Brookings said Clinton will join Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar who doubles as foreign minister, in delivering a speech, but no further details were immediately available.
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At the 2008 US-Islamic forum, delegates voiced support for then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, although some warned against expecting any radical policy change should he win the White House.
A year into his administration, Obama has yet to achieve any significant momentum on stalled peace talks between the Palestinians and the Israelis, and Muslim audiences are now less receptive to his promise of a "new beginning" with the Muslim world.
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Oh well.. the pics of Hillary partying it up with her buds should be fun.
US President Barack Obama speaks at the White House on February 9. Obama's charm offensive on Muslim states comes to a weekend forum in Qatar, where he will send a video message and his chief diplomat will give a speech, organizers said Thursday. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
It will not take them too long to figure how big a Bull$hitter he is. They will play him like a violin.
The only way to appease the Islambies is to sell out Israel, and he will!
Why doesn’t he go in person, and stop by in Iran, Afghanistan and Somalia to visit his buddies?
Guess they didn’t get the “MEMO” from Ahmadinejad. Something was to arrive today, I though, via Nuclear Express.
He is going to the secret meeting place for the USA, all GCC countries, Israel, Jordan and Egypt military planning force to get the scoop on the coming war with Iran
That’s the ticket. Send a video and an old bat. That’s sure to do the trick.
I guess he is running home to get more cash…telling them he needs more money to secure their investment in stopping the Great Satan.
That’s the way to make an impression at these things, especially with ME types—go on TV and speak to them. He doesn’t do enough of that already.
He will, no doubt, begin his remarks with a deep bow.
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