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WH: Obama, Netanyahu Talked Iran And Middle East Peace
Christina Bellantoni | November 9, 2009, 9:26PM
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President Obama tonight met privately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office, and the White House isn't offering many details about what they discussed.
Here's the short readout the White House put out tonight:
"The President and Prime Minister Netanyahu discussed a number of issues in the U.S.-Israel bilateral relationship. The President reaffirmed our strong commitment to Israel's security, and discussed security cooperation on a range of issues. The President and Prime Minister also discussed Iran and how to move forward on Middle East peace."
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USgreentech
November 9, 2009 9:54 PM
It's great that he is meeting with many world leaders unlike Bush.
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superking
November 9, 2009 11:18 PM in reply to USgreentech
I'm sure GWB never met with the Israeli PM
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FebM
November 9, 2009 10:04 PM
Gosh, when does this guy get to take a breather?
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jsfox
November 10, 2009 12:28 AM
Obama: Benjamin how are you?
Benjamin: Good Barrack and thanks for backing off the settlement thing
Obama: Hmm about that. Yes we have backed off, but we've decide to back off the whole thing.
B: Excuse me, you no longer care about middle east peace?
O: Oh no I care deeply about it, but it is clear you do not and I'm not convinced the Palestinians
are all that into it either. So rather than inserting ourselves where we are not wanted we are stopping.
B Stopping?
O: Yes stopping, stopping our interference and stopping our aid to both sides. You want to kill each other off you are going to have to do it on your own dimes and without our help.
B: AIPAC will get for this.
O: Yea, well life's a bitch. Dinner?
B: I've seemed to have lost my appetite.
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VivaAmerica!
November 10, 2009 4:26 AM in reply to jsfox
I wish!!
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tonnyb
November 10, 2009 7:45 AM in reply to VivaAmerica!
ditto!
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tonnyb
November 10, 2009 7:35 AM
So what was the point of this, uhm ... release? It tells me nothing.
On second thought, seems like things did not go well.
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
November 10, 2009 7:53 AM in reply to tonnyb
In diplomacy, regardless of the countries involved, every communique about a meeting between heads of state is written in a standardized code. And, yeah, you cracked it. Tense, terse and unproductive. Apparently, no one screamed or threw things because they didn't use the words "frank exchange of views."
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baba2nde
November 10, 2009 10:59 AM in reply to tonnyb
What is the point? POTUS met one side of the dispute but not the other. That is a big diplomatic coup.
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ondioline
November 10, 2009 11:53 AM in reply to baba2nde
Which "the other" side did POTUS fail to meet with? And was this "the other" in Washington, DC yesterday?
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