Posted on 05/23/2011 3:53:37 PM PDT by onyx
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 10:00am
While Washington, D.C., is increasingly consumed with bickering between Democrats and Republicans, the U.S.-Israel relationship remains the one issue that transcends the partisan divide. In a display of this bipartisan spirit, more than half of Congress will attend tonight's Gala Banquet, which will fill a room large enough to fit the Washington Monument on its side.
This year, however, for the first time ever, Hall D/E, as massive as it is, cannot fit all delegates and guests for a sit-down dinner. As a result, all student delegates will be seated in the Ballroom Banquet in Ballrooms A, B and C. Each banquet will feature live and simulcast appearances as well as unique programming. The major speakers tonight—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, House Majority Leader John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid—will appear personally in both banquet halls.
Representatives from more than 65 countries—including ambassadors from China, South Africa, Mexico, Turkey and the Netherlands—will be seated at tonight's dinner.
Senators, members of Congress, administration officials, foreign diplomats and other VIPs at the banquets will have their names read during the Roll Call, a lively Policy Conference tradition that has been a crowd favorite for many years. AIPAC National Board members Amy Friedkin and Michael Tuchin will join AIPAC Executive Director Howard Kohr for the Roll Call.
The Gala Banquet will be the end of a full day of Monday programming. The morning kicks off with an address by Reverend Dr. Tony Crisp. After the morning plenary, delegates will head to lobbying workshops, where they will learn from AIPAC's top experts how to make the case for Israel on Capitol Hill tomorrow.
OK... move along, beanie boy... get Boehner on the stage.
I have concerns the crowd there isn’t going to clapping for our guys...I have a bad feeling about this...note there is little response to this speaker already. Somethings been fixed or not right...
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I am so embarrassed. They do this and wonder why mainstream America thinks all Jews are....whatever.
Amen
Boehner means Bones - hahaha!
how far into boehners speech do you think he will cry amd how many times
war5ty witch
I was thinking Harry had ever looked so good before
I was thinking Romney had passed on his Botox beauty secrets to Harry
LOL
Nice intro by Sander Gerber.
Where’s the applause for Mr. Speaker?
LOL! Yeah, like Sinatra's fedora... a jaunty bit to the left.
Must mute. Can’t deal.
aaarrrggghhhhhhhh..
Three Things That Irked Bibi About Obama’s Speech
Man, they’re sure sitting on their hands for Boehner, aren’t they?
“You can tell that AIPAC is a lib riddled sinkhole.”
It’s certainly not the hawkish group of right wing conservatives it’s reputed to be. Yikes.
They’re sitting on their hands...per the head honcho.
You got that right! They aren't clapping hardly at all...how rude is that!!!! The silence is deafening...
Oh good heavens, can we trade him in on a new model?
DRINKING GAME!!
In memory of our dearest Bahbah:
THUD! ;)
Thats OK
The later Bibi is on the more the West Coast can get home from work and watch him
:)
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