Obama hosts economic summit with Muslim entrepreneurs from 50 nations

[kpete]

Source: Raw Story

Obama hosts economic summit with Muslim entrepreneurs from 50 nations

By Agence France-Presse
Monday, April 26th, 2010 -- 7:19 pm

US President Barack Obama laid a key plank of his strategy to mend ties with the Islamic world on Monday hosting a summit to boost economic development in Muslim nations.

In a step the White House hopes will help shift relations beyond decades of talk about terrorism and conflict, Obama brought entrepreneurs from 50 countries to Washington for two days to spur economic ties.

The president pledged to host the meeting in a landmark speech in Cairo last June, when he also called for a "new beginning" to relations between the United States and the Muslim world.

Opening the meeting, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said boosting Muslim business would not only help the Islamic world, but would also help US security and trade.
"There are over a billion people living in Muslim-majority countries today, and they represent a vast reserve of under-utilized potential in the global economy," Locke told delegates.

Read more: http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0426/obama-hosts-economic-summit-muslim-entrepreneurs-50-nations/

[Turbineguy]

1. The wingnuts will go ape

And the MSM can skip reporting repub intransigence on financial reform.

[Elwood P Dowd]

3. Yep, here we go.

Wingnuts and corporate press will be all over this.

[FailureToCommunicate]

9. Good point!

[harun]

2. Brilliant.

[FarLeftFist]

4. Quite possibly the most ballsy President in history.

[Mopar151]

5. Another smart move n/t

[Jefferson23]

6. + 100 Obama, and 1000 plus for the Excedrin Muslim headache you are giving the racists, lol

[one_voice]

7. Oh NOOOOOO...

the Mooslims are coming, the Mooslims are going to take over. Heads are going to explode in conservaturd land!

Go Obama! Do your thing.

[Douglas Carpenter]

8. kick and recommend

[unabelladonna]

10. are the same people who are all for boycotting israel

also for boycotting doing business with certain muslim nations?