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" Denmark has long been regarded as one of the world's most attractive nations, for citizens and tourists alike. My own visits there, years ago as a student, were delightful. "

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" Times change. Cable news and the Internet alone have transformed the way outreach to the American people can be accomplished. "

" After 9/11, we did see Palestinian terrorism in the context of all terrorism. "

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" Obama's foreign policy is strangely self-centered, focused on himself and the United States rather than on the conduct and needs of the nations the United States allies with, engages with, or must confront. "

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