Reporting from Washington — President Obama "has thrown Israel under the bus," potential rival Mitt Romney said in a statement responding to the president's speech on Middle East policy Thursday The former Massachusetts governor criticizes Obama for endorsing a call for Israel to withdraw to borders that were in place before the 1967 war in the interests of achieving peace. "He has disrespected Israel and undermined its ability to negotiate peace," Romney said. "He has also violated a first principle of American foreign policy, which is to stand firm by our friends." Romney was the first Republican presidential hopeful to...