Is Obama George W. — or even Nixon? The secrecy factor
Jewish Journal
May 14, 2013
The Obama administration has in recent weeks suffered a 1-2-3 scandal outbreak.
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Senate clears way for vote on Pentagon nominee Chuck Hagel
Jewish Journal
February 26, 2013
The Senate cleared the way on Tuesday for the likely confirmation of Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama\’s new secretary of defense.
Obama’s planned visit to Israel
Shmuel Rosner
February 5, 2013
As you’ve probably heard, President Obama will visit Israel next month, his first time as president. And for those people still upset with him for not visiting during his first term, here’s the good news: Obama’s visit is still much earlier in his second term than when George W. Bush visited.
Remembering Ed Koch: A pugnacious New Yorker and passionate Jew till his dying day
Jewish Journal
February 1, 2013
One of the proudest moments of Ed Koch’s life came during a trip to Israel in 1990, in the midst of the first Palestinian intifada.
Olmert: Likud an ‘extreme right-wing party’
Jewish Journal
November 8, 2012
Speaking at Columbia Law School, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called the Likud an “extreme right-wing party” and suggested that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should have better relations with the White House.
The choice: Obama or Romney?
Rob Eshman
November 1, 2012
Either way, you’re going to have to suck it up. Whether you pick Obama or Romney, you are voting as much for imperfection as for promise.
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney: A foreign policy difference?
Jewish Journal
October 24, 2012
If Barack Obama is re-elected, he ought to consider making Mitt Romney his new secretary of state. I propose this far-fetched howler not because I’m trying to get into my own Dumb Idea Hall of Fame, or because white, male secretaries of state seem to be going the way of the dodo at Foggy Bottom (there hasn’t been one since Warren Christopher departed in 1997).
President George W. Bush to speak at Minnesota synagogue
Jewish Journal
September 1, 2011
Former President George W. Bush will speak at Beth El Synagogue on Sept. 21, the Minnesota synagogue said.
L.A. leaders visit White House in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
May 17, 2011
Four leaders of the Los Angeles Jewish community were among about 200 people who met President Obama Tuesday during a White House reception in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month.
Bush flirts with peace talks but won’t commit to Palestinians
Douglas Bloomfield
July 27, 2007
President George W. Bush kicked off the week by reaffirming his vision of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but it was widely seen as an attempt to divert attention from his debacle in Iraq rather than a commitment to sustained diplomacy.
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