With Reporting by E.J. Kessler
By With Reporting by E.J. Kessler
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News Both Sides Try To Put Positive Spin on Meeting
WASHINGTON — Faced with bleak media accounts of Monday’s meeting between President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Sharon, both the White House and the Israeli premier reached out to Jewish communal leaders in an attempt to put a positive spin on the summit. Both sides were insisting that the meeting at the president’s ranch in…
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News Groups Worried by GOP’s Domestic Agenda
WASHINGTON — Tuesday’s Republican blitz triggered a wave of deep disappointment among Jewish organizational officials, who are openly worrying about the fate of their liberal domestic agenda now that the GOP has strengthened its control over the White House and Congress. In particular, several Jewish communal leaders bemoaned the defeat of Senate Minority Leader Tom…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
WASHINGTON — With America’s pro-Israel lobby scrambling to combat media leaks from unnamed government officials, the White House is drawing criticism from congressmen and Jewish communal officials over the FBI investigation into allegations that officials of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee illegally transferred secret information to Israel. Lawmakers and Jewish organizational leaders are questioning…
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