Posted on 02/05/2013 10:57:14 AM PST by Nachum
President Obama discussed plans to visit Israel this spring during a recent phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said Tuesday.
(PHOTOS: Obama’s 24 international trips)
Obama brought up the travel plans during a Jan. 28 call with Netanyahu, National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said. “The start of the president’s second term and the formation of a new Israeli government offer the opportunity to reaffirm the deep and enduring bonds between the United States and Israel and to discuss the way forward on a broad range of issues of mutual concern, including Iran and Syria," Vietor said.
The trip would be Obama's first to Israel since the summer of 2008, when he visited as the Democratic presidential candidate.
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Thanks Nachum.
No hurry.
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