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...have the economic experience of Corzine, but he has no fear of the bread-and-butter issues on voters' minds. "Taxes and jobs are the issue of the campaign. We have the highest tax burden of any state in America, and we have the highest unemployment in the region," Christie told TIME in an interview. "If there's some people who decide to pull my lever in the booth because they don't like Jon Corzine, I'll take their votes too. I'm not particular in that regard...
...such as al-Qaeda to move in. Osama bin Laden is widely admired in the arid north. It has become fashionable for Muslims to name their sons after him, while his picture adorns T-shirts and posters. In a speech in 2000, bin Laden named Nigeria as among "the region[s] most qualified for liberation." "Clearly there is a lot of concern in Washington with the idea that al-Qaeda can gain a foothold within the 65 million-strong Muslim population in northern Nigeria," says the U.S. official. Even if that doesn't happen, local extremist groups could present...
...Israeli settlement freeze in exchange for Arab goodwill gestures. The Israelis see Iran as a higher priority than talks with the Palestinians. The White House officially views the two issues as being on separate tracks but says the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a key issue whose impact on the region reinforces Iran's ability to resist international pressure...
...respond to the Obama Administration's overtures, "We would try to get international support for a much tougher position." Other U.S. officials have said such sanctions could come as early as September. Gates also made a point of emphasizing expanded U.S. military cooperation with allies in the region, the purpose of which Gates said was "to try and persuade the Iranians that their security will be diminished by trying to acquire nuclear weapons, rather than enhanced...
...regime in Tehran. It was the most significant operation undertaken by Baghdad since U.S. troops withdrew from the cities last month and is most likely a nod to Iran's ayatullahs, who brand the group as terrorists, as does the U.S. Yet in the convoluted politics of the region, the U.S., despite having tagged the organization on its terrorist list, had been a sort of guarantor of the safety of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) because it was the enemy of its enemy Iran...