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Republicans pressure Obama to clarify decision not to address Israeli Knesset
Fox News ^ | 3/18/13 | Fox News

Posted on 03/18/2013 5:30:08 PM PDT by Nachum

The White House is facing pressure from House Republicans to defend President Obama's decision not to address the Knesset on his upcoming trip to Israel.

A group of Republicans wrote to Obama to "commend" him for traveling to Israel but also questioning the choice not to address members of the Knesset, which they describe as "a customary and symbolic gesture that celebrates our shared democratic ideals and the special relationship between Israel and United States."

The letter notes that both of Obama's most recent predecessors, President Clinton and President George W. Bush, addressed the Israeli legislative body, Bush doing so during his last full year in office. The lawmakers then ask for "clarification" why Obama isn't on this trip

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TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hopehisplanegoesdown; incompetence; israel; knesset; obama; republicans; unfitforoffice; waronterror
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