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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to play down divisions over his scheduled address to the U.S. Congress. How are Jewish Americans reacting to Netanyahu’s highly anticipated and controversial speech at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday? Gwen Ifill gets two views from David Harris of American Jewish Committee and Jeremy Ben-Ami of J Street.
... opposite sides weighed in. So the Republican Jewish Coalition essentially is threatening to spend money to undercut members who don't show up for the speech. The liberal J Street group has come out to raise money to protect those. Abe Foxman, the head of the Anti-Defamation League, called ...
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the biggest talking points at this year’s CPAC, an assessment of the Republicans’ fight over funding Homeland Security and the politics behind Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming speech to Congress.
... an already strained relationship between the close allies ahead of Netanyahu's address to Congress next Tuesday. More Democratic lawmakers announced they would skip the speech, which was orchestrated by GOP leaders without the Obama administration's knowledge. Netanyahu hopes his speech will strengthen opposition to a potential nuclear deal ...
... appears that you are using a foreign leader as a political tool against the President," the lawmakers wrote in a letter to Boehner. Netanyahu's speech is controversial because it comes as the Obama administration is negotiating with Iran over that country's nuclear program — negotiations that Netanyahu says could ...
... Reps. John Lewis of Georgia, G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina and Earl Blumenauer of Oregon said they won't attend Netanyahu's March 3 speech. The White House also hinted Thursday that Vice President Joe Biden may not attend Netanyahu's speech, which is expected to focus on Iran ...
... of a Republican invitation to address Congress next month. Ron Dermer met privately with Jewish Democrats to discuss Netanyahu's plans for a March 3 speech on Iran right in the middle of delicate negotiations involving the United States, other Western powers and Tehran over its nuclear program. House Speaker ...
... GWEN IFILL: Now we're going to get a longer view of the president's challenge to Congress tonight. Joining us are Beverly Gage, professor of history at Yale University, and NewsHour regular, presidential historian Michael Beschloss. Michael, did it seem like a legacy speech to you tonight, based ...
Whereas last year, President Barack Obama used nine full paragraphs of his State of the Union speech to sell his health care plan, the subject got less attention tonight. President Obama said that "health care inflation is at its lowest rate in 50 years," and he briefly touted expanded coverage ...
An audio recording of a speech given by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s, long thought to be lost in time, was made available to the masses this week online. The 55-minute recording of the speech delivered by the late civil rights leader on April 27 ...
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