How to improve U.S.-Middle East relations

Palestinian boys listen to Obama
Palestinian boys listen to US President Barack Obama as he delivers a speech at Cairo University on June 4, 2009.
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Middle East expert Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat professor for peace and development at the University of Maryland and author of "The Stakes: America and the Middle East," discusses the influence of religion and culture on diplomacy. Telhami spoke at the Chautauqua Institution in New York.