In a timely interview with Al-Arabiya news, and signaling a strong break from the Bush administration, President Obama has made it clear that his administration will "start by listening".
According to a transcript of the interview posted on the Al-Arabiya English-language website, President Obama said that he had instructed Mr. George Mitchell (former Senate Majority Leader and current Special Envoy to the Middle East for the Obama Administration) to:
“...start by listening, because all too often the United States starts by dictating... we don't always know all the factors that are involved. So let's listen. ”
I would love to say "I called it!"... but I'm pretty sure my opinion is shared by many people (far smarter than myself) around Washington and, hopefully, throughout the State Department.
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