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...heart of the inquiry is the troublesome revelation that the FBI knew that Hasan, who became more religiously devout after his parents' deaths, corresponded with al-Awlaki, an American-born imam who led a northern Virginia mosque where two of the Sept. 11 hijackers worshipped. After al-Awlaki departed the U.S. in 2002, eventually ending up in Yemen, his sermons and teachings - delivered in English - apparently became a source of inspiration for the Fort Dix six and some of the young men who eventually left the U.S. to join al-Shabaab, the Islamist group in Somalia...
...discordance. Once the next stimulus is passed, Obama will make reducing a record-breaking deficit a theme of his State of the Union address in January. His second and third years in office will turn on whether he can fix the economy while still reducing the deficit and bringing two wars to a close. If he succeeds, he will enter the 2012 campaign in a strong position for re-election. If he fails, even he may not want the job of cleaning up the mess...
...what could be a new American approach. Last summer, Fayyad announced that - instead of waiting for political negotiations to reach a final agreement on a Palestinian state - he would simply work to build the institutions of such a state right away. His aim was to create conditions that within two years would convince the world, including the Israelis, that the entity should be granted statehood. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed a similar approach. He wants to provide both sides with security by building the Palestinian economy, and he has lifted some of the checkpoints in the West Bank...
Private groups have been helping this process. In partnership with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Palestine Investment Fund, the Aspen Institute created the Middle East Investment Initiative, which uses loan guarantees to provide financing for medium-size Palestinian businesses. In two years it has facilitated 210 loans totaling $45 million, generating 3,514 new jobs. In addition, the group has created an affordable mortgage facility, which will help more than 10,000 families purchase homes. Aspen's U.S.-Palestinian Partnership is also helping create a venture-capital fund run by Israeli and Palestinian investors to finance technology start...
...economic surge must not be a substitute for efforts to reach a comprehensive peace. But it could complement the quest for a final-status agreement by showcasing the benefits that peace would bring both sides. Or it could be the foundation for a ground-up approach in which the two sides focus first on resolving border issues and land swaps, which are actually easier to resolve than they may appear. In the process, Fayyad and Abbas would be shored up. The next step would be tackling trading arrangements, water rights and other practical matters. The thornier ideological issues that...