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.
Does anyone know when he will be addressing Congress tomorrow?
Oh you got a screen shot and added the best caption!!!
And those who know the truth will hear it....those who won't will suffer for it one day. But I also think BiBi was speaking indirectly to Bo....but we all got it... and so did Bo.
Is it me, or did his bodyguards look particularly jumpy and laser focused?
11 AM EASTERN
Wouldn’t that be great!
10:00AM CENTRAL - 11:00AM YOUR TIME!
Thanks for the thread tonight...I, for one, will rest easier after hearing that great man speak.
Probably so.
Holly, what time is he speaking tomorrow...I hope at night...
Pffft! So why isn't CODE PINK protesting the Coptic Christians being murdered in Egypt? Americans are on to their double standard. Their stunts aren't playing well with Americans!
Wow..his Dad looks alot like Garfunkel...lol!
Great pics..thanks for posting.
Thanks for your explanation.
And with good reason . . I’m sure he knows the
difference between our good and bad guys.
Someday, President Palin and Bibi will have a presser.
Two great leaders anointed by God to lead in the pursuit of freedom.
For such a time as this.
Got 2 and thanks to FReepers for the accurate quotes. WooHoo!
Wonderful photos! Thanks so much, STARWISE!!!!
Oddly BiBi’s smackdowns are so precise... people don’t know they got hit until well after the fact...they are laser sharp. But on the boarder issues...there is no doubt...very clear ...has been so...will be so...and that will not change...no 1967 borders!
about 10.30 AM
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