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.
That’s him WHEN he was a young man defending Israel. Now he’s an older man defending Israel... same heart, same courage.
Extremely easy on the eyes isn’t he??
Is anyone listening to this? The AIPAC leader is saying not to vote for a leader based only on their US-Israel policy. And Israel cannot be a wedge in the world.
He was practially giving Zero all the credit yesterday for killing bin Laden. He’s from Chicago, so that tells a lot.
Watching CSPAN2, Eric Cantor
lol arab spring, irish spring, volcanic spring, the beast springs....
obama is on the recieving end of SO many omens. It’s like G-d keeps warning him and he keeps ignoring it.
hence my tagger of old
our children, educated at the University of IKEA
She will be.
rats, wasps, flis, lightning strikes, the 2nd time a volcano has chased him. 2 mishaps with AF1. Anybody think of more?
Whatta man!
Ooooooooh Yesssss! tsk tsk....
Hell-to-the-YES!
I just posted that on my FB page, and got a bunch of swooning women joining me in a droolfest!
They’re introducing a bunch of people, including Diane Feinstein...ugh!!
We want BIBI!
Cantor is getting cheers, loud ones rebutting obama
Proof the universe is not fair...that Bibi Netanyahu could be one of the most badass commandos the IDF ever produced *and* look that good doing it. And I’m a happily married guy saying this!
(My wife saw the picture, looked at me, and said, “dear, I love you, but if I could time travel...”)
}:-)4
My dearest (and I do mean that sincerely) on-line friend, please post the pictures of Netanyahu and Palin that you have in your wonderful collection. (in the mean-time)
Do you get cspan2? It’s live right now on TV
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