U.S. Jewish leaders refused to meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York. The Jewish leaders said the Council of Foreign Relations invited them to a dinner with the extremist Iranian leader. After the leaders protested, the council downgraded the dinner to a “working meeting,” the New York Daily News reported.
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