Obama to meet King Abdullah II of Jordan
Business Wire reports that President Barack Obama will meet King Abdullah II of Jordan (who has his own website) later this month. The meeting will take place April 21. Talks will focus on the Palestinian-Israel problem, and on U.S.-Jordan relations.
The King is also scheduled to deliver a speech at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies. The speech will focus on the resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
On Saturday, King Abdullah received several Arab foreign ministers and the Arab League Secretary General Amr Musa. During the US visit, the King will convey the united Arab position agreed at the Doha Summit.
Obama said earlier this year that this conflict would be a top priority for him during his (first) four years in power. As every other president in history, Obama takes a tremendous risk by putting so much stake at resolving it. If it works out as he hopes, he will be universally applauded as a hero. If he fails, however, it will do severe damage to his presidency.
On the other hand, the average person believes that no one will ever succeed in helping Palestinians and Israelis agree on a peace deal. Failure, in other words, is deemed normal, to be expected. You could therefore argue that if Obama does indeed fail, it will not be held against him too much.
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