Bahrain - May 2011

U.S. Official Rebuffs 'Double Standard' Charges on Bahrain

May 20, 2011

MANAMA, Bahrain | President Obama's speech Thursday night was intended to send a message to the Bahraini monarchy -- and its beleaguered opposition -- that U.S. interests in the Gulf will not trump its commitment to democratic change forever.

Bahrain Government's Confidence May Be Misplaced

May 18, 2011

In an interview with senior correspondent Margaret Warner, Bahrain's foreign minister, Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, was indirect but clear: However grateful the Bahraini monarchy is for U.S. support in its current crisis, it isn't necessarily ready to follow U.S. advice on how to resolve it.