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President Obama and Change in the Middle East
President Obama has made his second major address on the Middle East and North Africa. We hear how he wants the US to adapt to changes brought by the "Arab Spring."
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenPresident Obama has made his second major address on the Middle East and North Africa. We hear how he wants the US to adapt to changes brought on by the so-called Arab Spring. Also, Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigns as head of the International Monetary Fund. On Reporter's Notebook, from the FCC to NBC Universal: another case of Washington's revolving door?
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3 storiesIMF Head Dominique Strauss-Kahn Resigns
Dominique Strauss-Kahn has resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund after being charged with sex crimes, setting off a struggle over leadership of the IMF. Zanny Minton Beddoes is Economics Editor of the Economist .
Read the story8 minPresident Obama on the Middle East and 'Arab Spring'
Speaking in Cairo two years ago, President Obama called for a "new beginning" in the Muslim Middle East based on "respect" and "mutual interest." Today, he said the so-called "Arab Spring" requires yet another "new chapter in American diplomacy," and he promised economic help to facilitate democracy.
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Meredith Attwell Baker says Comcast never approached her about its takeover of NBC Universal while she was a member of the FCC , though a few months after she voted to approve the deal, she's now at work as a lobbyist for the new company. That's raised a lot of eyebrows. As a regulator, whose interests did she have in mind?
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