Obama's Brain Trust Taking Shape ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Sun by Eli Lake - February 22, 2008 - 4:09pm WASHINGTON — When it comes to foreign affairs, Senator Obama's inner circle of advisers includes a Swahili-speaking Air Force general he met on a trip to Africa; a 30-year-old speechwriter who helped draft the final report from the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, and President Clinton's first national security adviser, who in 2005 converted to Judaism under the tutelage of the Navy's chief Jewish chaplain. » Read more

Arab Leaders Say The Two-state Proposal Is In Peril ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Michael Slackman - February 22, 2008 - 4:08pm Arab leaders will threaten to rescind their offer of full relations with Israel in exchange for a complete Israeli withdrawal from occupied lands unless Israel gives a positive response to their initiative, indicating the Arab states’ growing disillusionment with the prospects of a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. » Read more