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March 22, 2013

In Israel, Obama Goes Back to Bush

John Podhoretz, New York Post

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Obama took office in 2009 determined to alter the American relationship with Israel as part of an overall reset in US Mideast policy. On Tuesday and Wednesday, he basically said: Nah, forget it. Back to Bush.

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TAGGED: Israel, George W. Bush, Barack Obama

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