Ned Lamont, Connecticut’s Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, dined with Shimon Peres. Lamont, who narrowly defeated Sen. Joe Lieberman in an Aug. 8 primary, attended a small, private dinner with the Israeli deputy prime minister hosted last Friday in New York City by a mutual friend.
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