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EXPERTS DISCUSS HOW TO AVOID NEXT US FOREIGN CRISIS BEFORE IT HAPPENS - As President Obama travels to London for his first overseas trip, Gen. Wesley Clark, retired 4-star General and NATO Supreme Allied Commander, joined a high-ranking panel of experts in releasing a Special Report to the Obama Administration with recommendations on how to prevent the next US foreign policy crisis before it happens. The report, "Why The Maghreb Matters," outlines threats, opportunities and US options to promote peace and prosperity in North Africa, and thwart a growing peril from al-Qaeda terrorists based in the Sahara. Joining Clark are Prof. Yonah Alexander, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Prof. Bill Zartman, Conflict Management (SAIS), and Amb. Stuart Eizenstat, former White House policy adviser and US ambassador to the EU. The report is sponsored by the Potomac Institute and Conflict Management Program (SAIS). AP Photo logo AP Photo 17 months ago

EXPERTS DISCUSS HOW TO AVOID NEXT US FOREIGN CRISIS BEFORE IT HAPPENS - As President Obama travels to London for his first overseas trip, Gen. Wesley Clark, retired 4-star General and NATO Supreme Allied Commander, joined a high-ranking panel of experts in releasing a Special Report to the Obama Administration with recommendations on how to prevent the next US foreign policy crisis before it happens. The report, "Why The Maghreb Matters," outlines threats, opportunities and US options to promote peace and prosperity in North Africa, and thwart a growing peril from al-Qaeda terrorists based in the Sahara. Joining Clark are Prof. Yonah Alexander, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Prof. Bill Zartman, Conflict Management (SAIS), and Amb. Stuart Eizenstat, former White House policy adviser and US ambassador to the EU. The report is sponsored by the Potomac Institute and Conflict Management Program (SAIS).

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  2. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs gestures during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
  3. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 2: An Israeli flag belonging to a pro Israel activist is seen while other activists rally for religious freedom and the rights of Egyptian Christians during a rally on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House September 2, 2010 in Washington, DC. The group gathered near the White House while leaders from the Middle East, including President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, are in DC for Mideast peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
  4. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 2: A man holds a sign opposing a mosque that is being built near the site of the World Trade Center attacks during a pro-Israel rally on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House September 2, 2010 in Washington, DC. The group gathered to protest the ongoing Middle East peace talk between leaders from Israel and the Palestinian Authority that are being held in DC.
  5. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 2: An activist holds up Israeli flags during a pro-Israel rally on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House September 2, 2010 in Washington, DC. The group gathered to protest the ongoing Middle East peace talk between leaders from Israel and the Palestinian Authority that are being held in DC.
  6. US President Barack Obama (L) walks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (2nd-L), Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (2nd-R) and King Abdullah II of Jordan during an event in the East Room to make statements on the peace process on September 1, 2010 at the White House in Washington, DC.
  7. Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias, left, plugs in an electric car to one of Carbon Day Automotive's charging stations Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, during a news conference in Chicago. Giannoulias has picked up a top military endorsement from retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark, center, at the event. At right is vice president of Carbon Day, Brian Levin.
  8. Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark, left, talks at a news conference Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 in Chicago, as he endorses Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias, right, at one of Carbon Day Automotive's charging stations for electric cars in Chicago.
  9. Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias talks to reporters at a news conference Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 in Chicago, as he has picked up a top military endorsement from retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark, left. Giannoulias and Clark spoke to reporters at a Carbon Day Automotive location in Chicago. The company runs charging stations for electric cars.
  10. Supreme allied forces commander Europe (SACEUR), US general Wesley Clark (L), chats with Supreme allied forces commander Atlantic (SACLANT), US Admiral Harold Gehman (R), as Supreme allied forces commander representative (SACLANTREP) Dutch Vice-admiral Van Reyn looks on, during the military council session at NATO headquarters in Brussels 10 March 1999.
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  12. US ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry (2L) and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander and the head of NATO in Afghanistan General David Petraeus (3R) listen to a joint press conference by unseen Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US Defence Secretary Robert Gates at the Presidential palace in Kabul on September 2, 2010. Gates arrived in Kabul today on a surprise visit following a trip to Iraq, where he attended ceremonies to mark the formal end of the American combat mission there.
  13. NATO chiefAnders Fogh Rasmussen (R) shakes hand with new Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski (L) lafter their press conference following their working session on September 1, 2010 at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
  14. NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen (R) welcomes new elected president of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski prior to their working session on September 1,2010 at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels. Komorowski urged EU partners on Wednesday to protect grants for poorer regions and farm payments, citing Warsaw's willingness to help fund eurozone bailouts.
  15. NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo (KFOR) march during a KFOR change of command ceremony in Pristina, on September 1, 2010. A German general on Wednesday took command of the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo (KFOR) as the Alliance confirmed its continuing support for security in the newly-declared country. NATO has deployed its peacekeepers in Kosovo after its 1999 air campaign that ousted Serbian forces waging a crackdown on the pro-indepedence ethnic Albanian majority.
  16. German General Erhard Buhler, new NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo (KFOR), talks to journalists during a press conference after a KFOR change of command ceremony in Pristina on September 1, 2010. The NATO led peacekeepers in Kosovo (KFOR) command was handed over today at NATO forces from the outgoing Lieutenant General Markus Bentler to the German Major Erhard Buhler. NATO has deployed its peacekeepers in Kosovo after its 1999 air campaign that ousted Serbian forces waging a crackdown on the pro-indepedence ethnic Albanian majority.

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  10. New Zealand's Kirk Penney (L), Mika Vukona (2L), Lindsay Tait (2R) and Thomas Abercrombie (R) jubilate next to France's Yannick Bokolo (C) after they won the preliminary round match of the Group D between New Zealand and France at the FIBA World Basketball Championships in Izmir, on September 2, 2010. New Zealand won 82-70.
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  12. BERLIN - SEPTEMBER 02: German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during the official opening of the 2010 IFA technology and consumer electronics trade fair at Messe Berlin on September 2, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. The 2010 IFA will be open to the public from September 3-8.
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