"..The Obama administration has sent a host of senior officials to the Persian Gulf this week as unrest continues in Libya, Yemen, and Bahrain...
"During his trip to the Gulf, Assistant Secretary Feltman will reaffirm the United States' commitment to our longstanding partnerships in the region as well as universal human rights, freedom of expression, and the promotion of democratic principles," the State Department said in a statement. "He will also reiterate to leaders that, while each country is unique, recent events in the region underscore the critical need to address calls for social, political, and economic reform in a peaceful, inclusive, and transparent manner."
In Cairo, Burns met with Arab League chief Amr Moussa, praised the beginning of Egypt's "transition to democracy," and called for the interim government to lift the long-imposed emergency law, which the interim government has pledged to do at some unspecified future date.
Mullen, who may also visit Bahrain, told reporters his trip was meant to "reassure, discuss and understand what's going on" with regional leaders. He lauded Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad al-Khalifa for deciding to hold talks with demonstrators, saying "it had relieved a number of [regional] leaders in terms of easing tensions."
Back at the State Department, the unfolding crisis in the Arab world is still being managed largely by Burns, Feltman, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Jacob Walles, with a good dose of personal involvement by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton herself, a State Department official told The Cable...
Meanwhile, Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) are also touring the region this week while Congress is on break. They began their trip in Tunisia and also plan to visit Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Egypt..."
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TFEH, Feltman the assassin in chief makes me vomit....
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