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As if anyone needed further evidence that the season of engagement in the Middle East has officially begun, as The Daily Star pointed out last week, President Barack Obama's address to the Iranian people is ample proof that the starter's gun in this race has been fired. In diplomatic parlance, President Obama issued his televised call.

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