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Tom Pickering met with Hamas last month

The Washington Post reports today that retired U.S. Ambassador Tom Pickering met with two Hamas officials in Switzerland last month. The article makes clear that this meeting was held without the knowledge of the Obama administration, so I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that the Obama administration is about to change course in how it deals with Hamas. Just yesterday, Secretary Clinton reiterated that the administration is sticking with the Quartet conditions.

What the article doesn't mention is that