Ned Lamont is safely pro-Israel. The statement on his website leaves no room for doubt. "At this critical time in the Middle East," Lamont says. "I believe that when Israel's security is threatened, the United States must unambiguously stand with our ally...
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So as Israel, our ally, fights Hezbollah, our enemy...
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As Kerry exclaimed to a Georgetown University crowd in January 2003, "Israel is our ally, the only true democracy in a troubled region...
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"I have confidence in the administration's judgment, as expressed by Dr. Rice, who is personally leading the effort for a lasting, peaceful solution," Cochran said in a telephone interview.
He said the United States clearly remains Israel's strongest ally - stronger than any of the European nations...
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...early this spring, according to a former senior intelligence official, high-level planners from the U.S. Air Force-under pressure from the White House to develop a war plan for a decisive strike against Iran's nuclear facilities-began consulting with their counterparts in the Israeli Air Force.
"The big question for our Air Force was how to hit a series of hard targets in Iran successfully," the former senior intelligence official said. "Who is the closest ally of the U.S. Air Force in its planning? It's not Congo-it's Israel...
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She told an excited crowd that she supported Israel with "whatever steps are necessary" to "defend" herself and that "we will stand with Israel because Israel is standing for American values as well as Israeli ones" (she voiced a similar sentiment in May 2005 in a speech at an AIPAC conference when she lauded Israel not only as an ally, but also "a beacon of what democracy can and should mean").
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Israelis killed in Iraq
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Israelis killed in Iraq
