Biden agrees to meeting on Pollard
Jewish Journal
October 6, 2011
Vice President Joe Biden has agreed to meet with Jewish communal leaders to discuss the case of Jonathan Pollard.
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Report: Biden prevented Pollard clemency
Jewish Journal
October 3, 2011
President Obama was considering clemency for Jonathan Pollard until Vice President Joseph Biden prevented it, The New York Times reported.
Cuban court upholds Alan Gross sentence
Jewish Journal
August 5, 2011
Cuba\’s Supreme Court upheld a 15-year sentence for Alan Gross, the U.S. contractor held for what the Obama administration has said was his Jewish outreach.
Wexler urges Pollard release
Jewish Journal
August 5, 2011
Robert Wexler, one of President Obama\’s closest Jewish confidantes, urged him to release Jonathan Pollard.
Giffords released from hospital
Jewish Journal
June 16, 2011
Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman who was shot in the head in January, was released from the hospital. Giffords\’ release Wednesday came days after the release of photos of the congresswoman taken in May.
Prosecutors appeal Demjanjuk’s release from jail
Jewish Journal
May 16, 2011
Munich state prosecutors appealed a district court\’s decision to release convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk from prison pending his appeal. Monday\’s appeal of Demjanjuk\’s release, following his conviction on war crimes on May 12, also appealed the five-year sentence handed down that day for being too lenient. The prosecutors\’ reasons will be presented in writing and only then released to the public, according to a spokesperson for the Munich District II court, which found Demjanjuk, 91, guilty as an accessory to nearly 28,000 murders in the Nazi death camp Sobibor in occupied Poland in 1943.
Obama decides not to release photos of bin Laden’s body
Jewish Journal
May 4, 2011
U.S. President Barack Obama has decided not to release photos of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden dead, U.S. television networks said on Wednesday.
Peres hands Obama letter from Pollard
Jewish Journal
April 26, 2011
Israeli President Shimon Peres handed President Obama a letter from Jonathan Pollard pleading for his release.
No clemency for Pollard, Rumsfeld says
Jewish Journal
March 31, 2011
Former U.S. Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld said Jonathan Pollard should not be granted clemency. Rumsfeld, who served under Presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, said during an interview on Israel\’s Channel 10 that granting Pollard early release would send the wrong message.
Carter says he met Gross, pressed for his release
Jewish Journal
March 31, 2011
Former President Jimmy Carter met with jailed American contractor Alan Gross and said he believes Gross is “innocent of any serious crime.” Carter met with Gross on Wednesday at an undisclosed location, according to reports. Carter said Tuesday that he would discuss Gross\’ case with Cuban officials, but said that was not the reason for his visit.
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