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Susan Rice and Samantha Power to address Aipac in conciliatory move
Source: Associated Press
Susan Rice and Samantha Power to address Aipac in conciliatory move
Associated Press in Washington
Thursday 26 February 2015 18.50 GMT
The White House has decided against snubbing America’s leading pro-Israel lobby and will send Barack Obama’s national security adviser and UN ambassador to address its annual policy conference in an effort to ease simmering tensions with Israel over a potential Iran nuclear deal and to make its case for one.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee announced on Thursday that the national security adviser, Susan Rice, and US ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, will speak to its conference that begins this weekend.
US officials had floated the idea of sending a non-cabinet level official to show displeasure with the Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress next week in which he will argue against an Iran deal.
In a break with protocol, the invitation for Netanyahu to speak was orchestrated by Republican congressional leaders without input from the White House or State Department, angering senior administration officials who believe it was politically motivated.
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Associated Press in Washington
Thursday 26 February 2015 18.50 GMT
The White House has decided against snubbing America’s leading pro-Israel lobby and will send Barack Obama’s national security adviser and UN ambassador to address its annual policy conference in an effort to ease simmering tensions with Israel over a potential Iran nuclear deal and to make its case for one.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee announced on Thursday that the national security adviser, Susan Rice, and US ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, will speak to its conference that begins this weekend.
US officials had floated the idea of sending a non-cabinet level official to show displeasure with the Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress next week in which he will argue against an Iran deal.
In a break with protocol, the invitation for Netanyahu to speak was orchestrated by Republican congressional leaders without input from the White House or State Department, angering senior administration officials who believe it was politically motivated.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/26/susan-rice-samantha-power-aipac-conciliatory-move
