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Disappointed Arab World Awaits Obama's Mideast Trip

Published March 13, 2013

President Obama's visit to the Middle East next week is being greeted with far less enthusiasm than four years ago, when hopes were high for a new era in U.S. - Arab relations. VOA's Elizabeth Arrott has more from Cairo.

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