title: president obama gets real not revenge on republicans
text: lebanon lebanese foreign minister gebran bassil gestures to his supporters during a rally to show support for fpm founder michel aoun near the presidential palace in baabda near beirut lebanon october   photo by reuters 
  lebanons minister of foreign affairs gebran bassil says the lebanese resistance movement hezbollah shares the victory of michel aoun in securing the countrys presidency 
  aoun a strong hezbollah ally was chosen by lebanese lawmakers as the countrys president on monday 
  addressing a large number of people who had converged at a square in beirut to celebrate aouns election bassil who is also the head of the free patriotic movement fpm and aouns soninlaw said his movement never doubted hezbollahs loyalty and honesty aoun is the founder of the fpm 
  he said aouns victory was based on his own perseverance as well as the positions adopted by sayyed hassan nasrallah who is hezbollahs secretary general 
  in a phone call on the same day nasrallah congratulated aoun on his election as the head of the lebanese state this image taken in the southern suburbs of beirut on october   shows people celebrating the election of michel aoun as the new president of lebanon 
  nasrallah endorsed aoun last week advising lebanese political factions to set aside their differences in order to fill the presidential void in the arab country 
  lebanon had been without a president for over two years amid political bickering in the parliament 
  after the election aoun vowed in a speech to the parliament that he would spare no effort in trying to bring about the liberation of lebanese territories occupied by israel 
  he said his top priority would be to strengthen the army in order for it to become capable of defending the country against all threats to its independence and sovereignty 
  hezbollah has been defending lebanon against israeli aggression since the movements inception including during a fullfledged israeli war in  
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