Thursday, June 4, 2009

Olive Branch to the Muslim World:
Can Obama Improve U.S. Reputation?


Obama prepares to embrace Muslim world


President Obama held talks with Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian President, in Cairo this morning as he prepared to deliver a keenly-awaited speech reaching out to the world's 1.5 billion Muslims.


The US President is due to give a 45 minute address at Cairo's Al-Azhar University at 10.10GMT, in which he will talk candidly about issues that have caused tensions between the United States and the Muslim world.


His audience will be listening carefully as he explains his views on Afghanistan and Iraq to see how far he differs from his predecessor, President Bush, whose policies were deeply unpopular.

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