Eight Months of Obama's Diplomacy

Message to the Islamic World
In June 2009, Obama traveled to Egypt to meet with President Hosni Mubarak. In Cairo, he delivered a seminal speech, declaring, "I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world — one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect, and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap and share common principles — principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings."

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