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Obama’s speech resonates with Cairo crowd

I thought it was really effective in its own way and for its own purpose, which was to get Muslims and Americans thinking about their attitudes toward one another and to show the Arab world that America’s new government is committed to mending international relationships that have been negatively affected by Muslim extremists.
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Obama orders Guantanamo shut

"As I said during the inauguration, we are not going to continue with a false choice between our safety and our ideals," said Obama, IHT reports. "We are going to win this fight but we will win it on our terms."