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Obama Seeks a Course of Pragmatism in the Middle East (MARK LANDLER and HELENE COOPER, 3/10/11, NY Times)

Mr. Obama has told people that it would be so much easier to be the president of China. As one official put it, “No one scrutinizing Hu Jintao’s words in Tahrir Square.”