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Obama Courts AIPAC Before Netanyahu Meeting

Obama rejected any notion that his administration has not been in Israel's corner. “Over the last three years, as President of the United States, I have kept my commitments to the state of Israel." The President then ticked off the number of ways he has supported Israel in the last year.

In the Arena

Ahmadinejad the Moderate?

The usually excellent David Sanger has a very frustrating piece of analysis in the NY Times today. He reports that a public debate has erupted in Iran over whether to accept the west’s nuclear non-proliferation offer: For days now, Iran’s leadership has been fighting over whether to take that deal, with political opponents of President Mahmoud [...]