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  U.S. Security Adviser Hadley's Iraq Memo

  Published November 8, 2006

  Author:	Stephen J. Hadley

  Prepared for government officials by US Security Adviser Stephen J. Hadley, this secret memo was obtained and transcribed by the New York Times. It questions Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki's ability to secure his country and discusses a series of steps that he might take as well as the US' role in supporting Iraq.

   

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  • U.S. Security Adviser Hadley's Iraq Memo

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  Proposes Middle East Strategy for the Obama Administration

  In Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President, experts from the Council on Foreign Relations and the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution propose a new, nonpartisan Middle East strategy drawing on the lessons of past failures to address both the short-term and long-term challenges to U.S. interests.

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