Exactly the Type of Friend Turkey Needs
Posted: 11/7/11 03:42 PM ET
Over the last decade in which I have been working on Turkey I have delivered and listened to more speeches on U.S.-Turkish relations than I care to recall. Particularly when coming from official sources these speeches tend to cover the traditional contours and terrain of our two nation's great history, but rarely delve below the surface in a way that can capture the nuances that makes ours such a complex partnership. Therefore I was pleasantly surprised last week to listen to one of the best speeches I've ever heard on the topic delivered overlooking the Bosporus by one of the least likely and most unassuming American leaders from Washington.
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