[Will88]

I agree Lindsey’s questions were out of place in a hearing for the Sec.of Defense nominee. Those decisions aren’t in the Pentagon’s area of responsibility. Graham and McCain do seem to want to be hard-nosed and aggressive on every foreign policy issue. Not good when it’s just a default reaction.

But I say move the embassy if it can be put among many government buildings and not be an easy target for terrorists.

[Alberta's Child]

Security issues and terrorism really have nothing to do with the relocation of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. These issues just come up every time a president defers the relocation under that silly 1995 law that allegedly mandates this embassy relocation.

There are actually two reasons for the ongoing refusal of U.S. presidents to authorize the relocation under that law:

1. Congress had no authority to mandate such a thing in the first place.

2. The U.S. government has a long-standing policy of keeping U.S. embassies out of disputed areas.