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Monday, April 06, 2009

Turkey visit more strategy than symbolism

"Turkey visit more strategy than symbolism
By Bridget Johnson
Posted: 04/06/09 01:11 AM [ET]

President Obama touched down in the Muslim world late Sunday, but his visit to Turkey is more about strategic partnership than symbolic outreach.

Capping off a tour that took the president through London for the G-20 summit, across the Franco-German border for NATO's 60th anniversary meetings and into Prague for a speech on combating nuclear proliferation, Obama is expected to follow the theme of strategic cooperation with Turkey laid out during Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's visit a month ago."

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