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Obama looks to hone Middle East stance IMF chief, facing sexual
TURMOIL IN
THE MIDDLE EAST
sad among them for the first time.
Obama’s counterterrorism ad-
address will not include a host of
new proposals but rather will
assault charge, resigns
Stalled peace process, viser, John O. Brennan, also seek to make the broader point sets off a scramble about who will
SYRIA: Obama imposes economic
unrest across region sanctions on President Bashar al- phoned Yemen’s embattled presi- that the United States favors dem- Move comes as lead the powerful organization
dent, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to urge ocratic reform as something con- and what that will mean for the
loom over address Assad that target Assad’s personal
him to accept an Arab-brokered sistent with its long-term security Strauss-Kahn seeks global economy.
finances and link him explicitly to
human rights abuses. A10 agreement that would usher him interest in the region’s stability. house arrest in N.Y. Under Strauss-Kahn, the Wash-
from office within a month. For instance, Obama is not ex- ington-based IMF has taken a mus-
BY S COTT W ILSON LIBYA: Four Western journalists who And, in a preview of Obama’s pected to call specifically for As- cular approach toward fixing Eu-
were detained for weeks are released Thursday address, senior admin- sad’s removal as Syria’s leader, BY H OWARD S CHNEIDER rope’s financial woes, advocating
President Obama is facing after they were found guilty of istration officials outlined a num- officials said. AND Z ACHARY A . G OLDFARB financial bailouts for ailing na-
pressure from key allies to act illegally entering the country. A10 ber of economic initiatives that One senior administration of- tions such as Greece and Portugal.
more decisively on several vola- EGYPT: Military leaders say they are the president will announce to ficial, who spoke on the condition Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the Without Strauss-Kahn at the helm,
tile issues in the Middle East and not considering an immunity deal for encourage democratic changes in of anonymity to preview the ad- managing director of the Interna- Europe is at risk of losing a key
North Africa, including the armed former president Hosni Mubarak. A8 the region, including a total of dress for reporters, said the tional Monetary Fund, who is fac- source of financial support in its
rebellion in Libya, the uprising in OPINIONS: Can the U.S. help shape a $2 billion in debt relief and loan speech “comes at a moment of ing attempted rape charges in New efforts to contain the debt crisis
Syria, and the moribund peace new Mideast? David Ignatius, A19 guarantees for Egypt’s fledging opportunity for the region and for York, announced his resignation buffeting the continent.
process between Israel and the government. U.S. policy in the region.” late Wednesday night. The resignation — emanating
Palestinians. national debt took center stage. The speech is Obama’s first “We’re obviously coming off a In a statement, Strauss-Kahn from a jail cell on Riker’s Island,
On Wednesday, the administra- On the eve of a major speech attempt to place the anti-govern- decade of great tension and divi- said he is resigning “with infinite where Strauss-Kahn has spent
tion sought to address what some meant to define U.S. interests in ment demonstrations, which sion across the region,” the official sadness” and in an effort “to pro- three nights while he fights to be
allies have perceived as a drift in the Middle East, Obama an- have swept away autocrats in Tu- said. “Now, having wound down tect this institution.” released on bail — also marks one
Obama’s policy in the rapidly nounced new financial sanctions nisia and Egypt and threatened the Iraq war and continuing to do The resignation, while provid- of the most extraordinary falls
changing region, after weeks against seven senior Syrian offi- several others, in the context of so, and having taken out Osama ing clarity to an organization reel- from power in recent years. Until
when Osama bin Laden’s killing cials for human rights abuses, American interests and values. ing from the accusations facing its
and a domestic debate over the naming President Bashar al-As- Administration officials say the middle east continued on A10 managing director, immediately imf continued on A13
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Americans may be postponing celebrated their 10-year anniversary. on Huntsman Jr. sets off In an up-for-grabs Republican
marriage, and fewer are wedding Thursday on his first cam- field, Huntsman would enter as a
at all. But what about the people 4 in 10 paign-style swing through relative newcomer, with a low
who do get married? They’re stay- Marriages nationwide that end in New Hampshire, testing national profile and a weak pres-
ing together longer than they divorce. whether his moderate brand of ence in the polls. But he couldn’t
have in years. politics can find a place in today’s be dismissed. He is telegenic, has
Three in four couples who mar- “People seem to be finding a Republican Party. access to a vast family fortune,
ried after 1990 celebrated a new marriage bargain that works In a likely presidential bid, he worked for several presidents
10-year anniversary, according for 21st-century couples,” said An- would bring with him a political and has assembled a team of
to census statistics reported drew Cherlin, a Johns Hopkins resume punctuated by his stint as strategists with national cam-
Wednesday. That was a rise of University sociologist who stud- President Obama’s ambassador paign experience — this week he
three percentage points com- ies families. “It’s based on pooling to China and loaded with centrist landed a former Mike Huckabee
pared with couples who married two incomes, replacing the old positions on immigration, cap- adviser in South Carolina.
in the early 1980s, when the na- breadwinner-homemaker bar- and-trade climate legislation, Still, Huntsman’s path through
tion’s divorce rate was at its high- gain that worked well in the ’50s.” and gay rights. the GOP primary would require
est. Researchers increasingly are That could be an uneasy fit in a some airbrushing and some work
One reason for the increase, finding a connection between GOP primary season that is al- to build a base of moderate sup-
said demographers and sociolo- marriage and education. In 2009, ready pushing candidates to the porters in a party that finds much
gists who study families, is that 31 percent of brides had a college right. So much so that Hunts-
people are marrying later in life, degree, up from 21 percent in man’s aides reject the suggestion huntsman continued on A16
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after they have completed their 1996. that he is a moderate — one called
education. Not only are they more “Marriage has become a much it the “M-word” — and describe Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr. will visit New Hampshire Gingrich’s missteps: For
mature, but they also are more the former Utah governor as a this week. Known for his centrist positions, he also served until many, the candidate’s rhetoric
financially secure. marriage continued on A7 mainstream conservative with a last month as President Obama’s ambassador to China. raises old questions. The Take, A2
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