New York’s senior senator says he believes John Kerry and President Bush have “equally good records” on Israel. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters Friday that he believed Kerry, the Massachusetts senator and presumptive Democratic nominee for president, would receive a large majority of the American Jewish vote, and that it would be easy to show that Kerry is as solid on Middle East issues as Bush.
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