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A spokesman for the State Department in Washington on Wednesday denounced what he called the "false" assertions by former Israeli ambassador and current MK Michael Oren, who said the Obama administration has abandoned Israel. In an op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal earlier this week, Oren, now a member of the Kulanu party, said President Barack Obama had dropped the core principles guiding Israeli-U.S. ties of "no daylight, no surprises." Oren, who served as ambassador from 2009 to 2013, acknowledged that Israel blundered in many instances, but added that "while neither leader monopolized mistakes, only one leader made them...

The problem is not that his speech Tuesday night failed to quell his critics: The problem is that his speech failed to reassure his worried supporters. Those of us who support this president and this war do not need to be told how important it is to win. That's precisely why we are worried — because every day brings terrible news that makes us fear that the war is being lost. He could have cited the capture of three of the top insurgent leaders over the last three months, including Abed Dawood Suleiman (Abu Musab Zarqawi's top military aide), Muhammad...