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President Barack Obama’s reaction to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech might be summed up in a single word: Meh.
Obama told reporters he did not watch the address to Congress, since he was talking to European leaders about the nearly year-long war in eastern Ukraine. And when he got a moment to check out the transcript of the speech, “as far as I can tell, there was nothing new,” Obama said.
The president said he agreed with Netanyahu that the U.S. and Israel maintain a strong relationship, and that “no one can dispute” the prime minister’s charge that Iran …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
