The study suggests that the Obama administration work with Middle Eastern allies to repeal laws that restrict citizen freedoms, hinder political activities or suppress freedom of expression and assembly.
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Most of the questioning focused on the activities of the Middle East Program at the Wilson Center.
He moves into the top job just as Barclays faces another investigation into its practices, this time into its capital-raising activities in the Middle East in 2008.