The seventh annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit met in Silicon Valley to promote startups as a counter to the nihilism of terrorism.
Back in 2009, soon after he entered the White House, President Obama traveled to Egypt to give his famous "Cairo speech." The new president pushed aside the aggressive rhetoric of the Bush years and pledged to start building bridges to the Arab and Muslim worlds. The United States wanted to improve mutual understanding between the two communities, Obama said. The West was not at war with Islam, the president continued-and further, wanted to collaborate with its adherents in fighting violent extremism.
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