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President-elect Obama appoints Gov. Richardson as Secretary of Commerce
President-elect Barack Obama wears a bracelet engraved with the name of Sgt. Ryan David Jopek as he addresses reporters at news conference announcing New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his secretary of commerce in Chicago on December 3, 2008. Jopek was killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb on August 2, 2006, and the bracelet was given to Obama by Jopek's mother while he was on the campaign trail. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey) | Slideshow
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    CFR-Brookings report reveals Obama's Mideast strategy
    CFR-Brookings report reveals Obama's Mideast strategy
    Israelis and Palestinians alike should be in no doubt. The new report on the Middle East from the Brookings Institution and the Council on Foreign Relations is no mere straw in the wind: It spells out in considerable detail what the Obama administration's strategy and priorities for Iran and the Israeli-Arab peace process are going to be.
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    CFR-Brookings report reveals Obama's Mideast strategy
    CFR-Brookings report reveals Obama's Mideast strategy
    WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) --
    Israelis and Palestinians alike should be in no doubt. The new report on the Middle East from the Brookings Institution and the Council on Foreign Relations is no mere straw in the wind: It spells out in considerable detail what the Obama administration's strategy and priorities for Iran and the Israeli-Arab peace process are going to be.
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