Barack Obama

Key Jewish lawmakers back Hagel, clearing path to defense post

Chuck Hagel added three major Jewish Democrats to his list of endorsers, clearing his way to likely confirmation as secretary of defense.

President Obama has said privately that “Israel doesn’t know what its own best interests are,” columnist Jeffrey Goldberg wrote.

A slate of leaders of mainline Christian churches urged President Obama to make Israeli-Palestinian peace a priority in his second term.

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