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It’s not always clean and straightforward. But as my mother would say to me, “The world is complicated, Bar. That’s why it’s interesting.”
Barack Obama • How I Approach the Toughest Decisions
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Michelle Obama • Becoming
Barack Obama came to see it as an alternative to the messy, costly wars that topple governments and require years of American occupation. In the words of John Brennan, one of President Obama’s closest advisers whom Obama eventually tapped to run the CIA, instead of the “hammer” America now relies on the “scalpel.”
Mark Mazzetti • The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
With remarkable candor, Obama revealed his opposition to Israeli settlement building and his support for Palestinian rights. “Obama might be expected to show deeper sympathy for the Palestinian demand for a capital in Jerusalem,” I surmised, “and greater flexibility in including Hamas in negotiations.”
Michael B. Oren • Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
One of the first things I discovered as President of the United States was that no decision that landed on my desk had an easy, tidy answer. The black-and-white questions never made it to me — somebody else on my staff would have already answered them. And while few decisions in life are as complex as the ones you face in the Oval Office, I did wal... See more
Barack Obama • How I Approach the Toughest Decisions
The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
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