The New York Times goes in-depth on how Obama has prepared for his speech.
Here are the names of some of those who helped him out.
- S. A. Ibrahim of the Radian Group
- Tariq Malhance, the president of UIB Capital
- Hultam Olayan of the Olayan America Corporation
- Noosheen Hashemi, a former vice president at Oracle.
- Michael McFaul, the White House senior adviser for Russia, who is also a "senior democracy adviser"
- National Security Council members Mara Rudman, Dan Shapiro, Denis McDonough and Ben Rhodes
- Karim Sadjadpour, an Iranian-American expert from the Carnegie Endowment
- Ghaith Al-Omari, a former Palestinian peace negotiator
- Vali Nasr, an Iran expert and author of "The Shia Revival" who the Times says is soon to join the Obama administration
- Shibley Telhami, a senior fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy who helped with this recent Arab opinion poll
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Categories: Obama Administration
Tags: Barack Obama, Cairo speech, Ghaith Al-Omari, Hultam Olayan, Noosheen Hashemi, S. A. Ibrahim, Shibley Telhami, Tariq Malhance, Vali Nasr
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