claim: the treaty of tripoli signed by president john adams was "his outreach to muslims."
author: keith olbermann
evidence_1: the treaty of tripoli signed in 1796, was the first treaty between the united  states of america .... official records show that after president john adams sent  the treaty to the u.s. senate for ... the assurances were contained in the treaty of  tripoli of 1797 and were intended to allay the fears of the muslim state by  insisting that ...
evidence_2: jul 3, 2014 ... of course, franklin was never president. ... for example, we found that both  benjamin franklin and john adams referred to islam when ... said that adams as  president signed the treaty of tripoli as an "outreach to muslims. ... in fact,  several of his important speeches -- such as his second inaugural address ...
evidence_3: jun 4, 2009 ... addressing muslims, obama pushes mideast peace june 4, 2009 ... in signing  the treaty of tripoli in 1796, our second president john adams wrote, "the  united states has in itself no ... using the same holy koran that one of our  founding fathers – thomas jefferson – kept in his personal library.
evidence_4: jan 10, 2017 ... i think jeff talks so fast to misplace his irrationality as confidence. only a snake oil  salesman ... "president john adams, of course, signed the treaty of tripoli, his  outreach to muslims," olbermann said. "quote, 'the government ...
evidence_5: 7 and that would be the approach john adams favored. ... treaties were also  concluded with tripoli, in 1796, and tunis in 1797. ... his explanation: he had told  the president that “before he would take any measures ..... place the confrontation  with barbary in the larger context of u.s. cultural relations with the muslim world.