Jordan's King Abdullah Discusses Torture on MTP

Michelle Obama meets with Queen Rania of Jordan
King Abdullah will appear on Meet the Press on Sunday.
Abdullah is an important ally on Iran.

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Robert Gates hosts King Abdullah:

Obama Gets It

A tidbit from Maureen Dowd's over-snarked, yet somewhat entertaining column:

The One left them swooning in Jordan. A member of the king’s inner circle who attended the chicken-and-rice dinner with King Abdullah and Queen Rania said that Obama had gone a long way toward assuaging their fears that he would be so eager to run away from his paternal family’s Muslim roots and to woo skeptical American Jews that he would not be “the honest broker” they long for after W.’s crazed missionary work in the Middle East.

“The guy gets it,” the Jordanian official said after dinner with Obama. “Sharp, aware and a very good listener. He doesn’t seem stuck in preconceived positions. He said he would get straight to the Palestinian issue as soon as he becomes president.”