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CIAO DATE: 09/2008

PolicyWatch #1339: Special Forum Report: The Final Year: End-of-Term Presidents and the Middle East

Martin Indyk, Harvey Sicherman

February 2008

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

On February 8, 2008, Martin Indyk and Harvey Sicherman addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. Indyk, former ambassador to Israel and assistant secretary of state for Near East affairs during the Clinton administration, currently directs the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. Mr. Sicherman is president and director of the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia. The following is a rapporteur's summary of their remarks.

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