Posted on 05/23/2011 3:53:37 PM PDT by onyx
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 10:00am
While Washington, D.C., is increasingly consumed with bickering between Democrats and Republicans, the U.S.-Israel relationship remains the one issue that transcends the partisan divide. In a display of this bipartisan spirit, more than half of Congress will attend tonight's Gala Banquet, which will fill a room large enough to fit the Washington Monument on its side.
This year, however, for the first time ever, Hall D/E, as massive as it is, cannot fit all delegates and guests for a sit-down dinner. As a result, all student delegates will be seated in the Ballroom Banquet in Ballrooms A, B and C. Each banquet will feature live and simulcast appearances as well as unique programming. The major speakers tonight—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, House Majority Leader John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid—will appear personally in both banquet halls.
Representatives from more than 65 countries—including ambassadors from China, South Africa, Mexico, Turkey and the Netherlands—will be seated at tonight's dinner.
Senators, members of Congress, administration officials, foreign diplomats and other VIPs at the banquets will have their names read during the Roll Call, a lively Policy Conference tradition that has been a crowd favorite for many years. AIPAC National Board members Amy Friedkin and Michael Tuchin will join AIPAC Executive Director Howard Kohr for the Roll Call.
The Gala Banquet will be the end of a full day of Monday programming. The morning kicks off with an address by Reverend Dr. Tony Crisp. After the morning plenary, delegates will head to lobbying workshops, where they will learn from AIPAC's top experts how to make the case for Israel on Capitol Hill tomorrow.
Oh good, I didn’t miss it...load of laundry in and I’ll be good to go. Thoughts of seeing Reid curdle my stomach though. Why on earth did the fools ever vote him back in defies the word stupid!
he he...
According to the CSPAN-2 schedule, they will be playing the "Obama Administration Global Cyber Security Plan" at 10:00 PM.
what a colossal waste of time! there are 350 Congressmen there, & they are calling out the names of every current and former senator & congressman in the audience.
Just turned it on. Thanks Mesta.:)
I am recording Cantor & watching streaming AIPAC.
Just jump into the shower WITH him!!
Now CSPAN2 just switched to a State Department briefing with about 8 people in the room. Weird.
For those without it on TV, here’s the link. Get on now, just in case the feed gets maxed out.
http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/
Obamass on c-span too...from his Dublin visit...wouldn’t it be interesting to see if BiBi has more viewers than Obama!
C-Span(ing for democrats)
why can’t we run Cantor!!??
We would get the Jewish vote??
How about Bachman/Cantor??/
wTF just happened??????///
I found cspan2 but I don’t see no Bibi???
http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/
Oh to go back in time to when he was as that...I’d be game! Oh dear, I’m having bad thoughts....well, not that bad...hahahaha! He IS such a hunk is he not???? So nice to gaze upon ...again..and again...and agin..and a drool................
hehe
the Bamster had him pushed out of prime time to 9:30!!!
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