Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Obama to Jewish donors: "Military & Security cooperation between the US & Israel have reached 'unprecedented' levels!"

"The 100-person gathering on January 19 at high-end Upper East Side restaurant Daniel raised upwards of half a million dollars, according to an estimate by Alan Solow, a former chair of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and one of the event’s hosts.
“Since I’ve been in office, we have unequivocally said that Israel’s security is non-negotiable,” Obama told the audience, echoing remarks made at a November fundraiser with Jewish donors in New York. “Part of that has been to make sure that we’ve got the strongest military cooperation that we’ve ever had between our two nations.  That’s not my opinion, by the way, that’s the Israeli government’s opinion.”
In an off-the-record question and answer session, Obama “made very clear that he’s serious about prohibiting Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon,”...
The president “talked about the unprecedented levels of military and security cooperation between the United States and Israel and spoke very passionately and strongly about his commitment to Israel,”..."

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