Drop by for coffee, Obama

May 24th, 2009 - Haaretz

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It's too bad that Barack Obama isn't planning to drop by next week, on his way from Andrews Air Force Base to Cairo, because we've grown accustomed to visits by U.S. presidents. While Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were in the White House, the situation was the opposite of what it is today: When American presidents came to the Middle East for a visit, which they did quite often, they would leave their luggage at Jerusalem's King David Hotel and make short sorties to the neighboring countries. Or at least they would meet with the Israeli prime minister.

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