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Robert Dreyfuss is an independent journalist based in Alexandria, Va. He is a contributing editor at the Nation, where his blog, The Dreyfuss Report, appears regularly. He is author of Devil’s Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam.
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Obama’s Burden
From Israel to Afghanistan, foreign policy challenges will test the new administration.
Robert Dreyfuss