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The U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 23, 1983.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Jim Bourdier)

What if all of the following happened on the watch of one president of the United States?

* A U.S. embassy is bombed in the Middle East. Seventeen Americans are among the 63 killed. The president condemns the attack but does not retaliate.

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Country2009 Favorable2012 Favorable
Egypt27%19%
Jordan25%12%
Lebanon51%48%
Pakistan19%12%
Turkey14%15%
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Paul Brandus

An award-winning member of the White House press corps, Paul Brandus founded WestWingReports.com (@WestWingReport) and provides reports for media outlets around the United States and overseas. His career spans network television, Wall Street, and several years as a foreign correspondent based in Moscow, where he covered the collapse of the Soviet Union for NBC Radio and the award-winning business and economics program Marketplace. He has traveled to 53 countries on five continents and has reported from, among other places, Iraq, Chechnya, China, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.