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Imad Moustapha, Syrian ambassador to the U.S.
Syrian Ambassador Imad Moustapha (left) speaks with James Bennet (right), editor of The Atlantic at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado on July 4, 2009.
Dan Bayer/Courtesy of the Aspen Ideas Festival
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Imad Moustapha, Syrian ambassador to the U.S.
Syrian Ambassador Imad Moustapha (left) speaks with James Bennet (right), editor of The Atlantic at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado on July 4, 2009.
Dan Bayer/Courtesy of the Aspen Ideas Festival
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Michael Oren, Israeli ambassador to the U.S.
Jeffrey Goldberg (left), national correspondent for The Atlantic, speaks with Michael Oren (middle), the Israeli ambassador designate and Walter Issacson (right), the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute. They spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado on July 2, 2009.
Dan Bayer/ Courtesy of the Aspen Ideas Festival