As the situation in Gaza escalates, The New York Times' David Sanger explains how the conflict fits into President Obama's overall Middle Eastern policy approach. Plus: Kathryn Wylde of the Partnership for New York City on the fiscal cliff and New York; what a second Obama term holds for policy towards Asia; and the new vocabulary to come out of the election.
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