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This 12 page report discusses foreign policy issues of the Clinton Administration and the important role played by the Middle East and issues of the Middle East in the development and strategy of overall foreign policy. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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African nations, or the final coming together of the European Union no foreign issue figured more prominently in the foreign policy strategies of former President Bill Clinton and his administration
than those involving the Middle East. Records (and critics) now show that most of what Clinton did in terms of foreign policy was based on what was politically expedient and
what his counselors determined were his own best interests. According to York (2001) who quotes top political strategist for the White House, Dick Morris, as saying: "Whenever there was a
crisis, I ordered an immediate poll. I was concerned about how Clinton looked in the face of [the attack] and whether people blamed him" (pp. NA). Throughout the Clinton years,
foreign policy made a lot of noise and appeared to be going somewhere at top speed. Nobody was sure where it was going, much less those driving, but they were
all confident that they would be able to get there in record speed. But in terms of the Middle East and the attempt to bring about some type of peaceful
settlement between the Palestinians and the Israelis, the lingering problems of Saddam Hussein and Iraq, the new political climate in Iran, the death of Jordans (a friend to the U.S.)
King Hussein, the unrest in other Middle Eastern nations, and almost countless other examples of the dangerous potentials of the nations of the worlds "holy lands," the Clinton Administration had
to pay careful attention to events and make meaningful advances. Perhaps they all hoped to be remembered as the Americans who were able to create peace where so many before
them had failed. The Middle East was absolutely crucial for the Clinton Administration, just as it now is for the current Bush Administration. American foreign policy has the potential to
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