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Hiltzik's Middle East Advice for Obama

Here’s a quick interview with PR guy Matthew Hiltzik, a former spokesman for the state Democratic Party who did Jewish outreach for Hillary Clinton’s 2000 Senate race, in which I ask him what advice he'd have for Barack Obama ahead of a politically perilous swing through the Middle East.

Among Hiltzik's suggestions, doubtless inspired by certain memorable aspects of his Clinton experience: Get a good translator.

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jeffery mcnary (not verified) says:

yea, sure. these tours. johnson did one. nixon did one. evita peron did one and what happened. names and eggs, names and eggs, yes?

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