Obama chooses Arab network for first TV interview
President Barack Obama on Tuesday chose an Arabic satellite TV network for his first formal television interview as president, delivering a message to the Muslim world that "Americans are not your enemy."
The interview underscored Obama's commitment to repair relations with the Muslim world that have suffered under the previous administration.
The president expressed an intention to engage the Middle East immediately and his new envoy to the region, former Sen. George J. Mitchell, was expected to arrived in Egypt on Tuesday for a visit that will also take him to Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090127/D95VFH581.html
Obama called for a new partnership with the Muslim world "based on mutual respect and mutual interest."
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
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