By January, I had been working for more than three months with the Syrian foreign minister, Farouk al-Shara, and by telephone with President Assad to set the stage for the talks. their leaders, and to replace destruction and death with a shared future for the children of Abraham “that is worthy of them under the sun. The passport story dragged out all month. These were fair questions from young people who wanted their country to change but were still proud of it.
ledged America’s support for their hard-won freedom, their economic aspirations, and their partnership with NATO. On my last St. I was happy that so many people who had made this day possible were there to share in it. Enraged Somalis dragged the body of the slain Black Hawk crew chief through the streets of Mogadishu.
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