01-03-2015 22:08
Netanyahu speech to Congress: Low point in US-Israel relationship?
"Politics stops at the water's edge," Senator Arthur Vandenberg famously declared when he chaired the Foreign Relations Committee in the late 1940s – an ideal obviously not always met since those early post-war years. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress this week comes with a heavy dose of politics across global waters in both directions. The invitation to Mr. Netanyahu came from House Speaker John Boehner, who did not consult with President Obama, Secretary
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