Obama on Iran, His Pastor, Brzezinski, What Being ‘Pro-Israel’ Means to Him and Other Issues That Give Some Jews the Willies
Barack Obama met with Jewish leaders in Cleveland and spoke at great length on a number of topics that have sparked Jewish anxieties about his candidacy. The JTA has the transcript.
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