In 2004, President Bush gave Prime Minister Sharon certain guarantees about American policy, but the Obama administration treated those as a kind of private letter having no binding policy impact.

In Kuwait there is already a real, elected parliament with genuine power, but the prime minister is always a member of the ruling al-Sabah family. That must end.

Both the Prime Minister [Tony Blair] and President Bush have committed themselves to a vital role in the reconstruction of Iraq.

During most of the Bush administration, human rights and democracy in Egypt were on the front burner.

It's up to the prime minister first of all to get in contact with the president to get the ball rolling.

The Obama administration has been trying out a new policy toward Syria since the day it came to office. The Bush cold shoulder was viewed as a primitive reaction, now to be replaced by sophisticated diplomacy. Outreach would substitute for isolation.