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President Barack Obama arrives to speak at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention in Washington, Sunday, May 22, 2011. After a contentious couple of days this week when he clashed publicly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over ideas for a permanent Palestinian state, Obama is focusing on the deep U.S.-Israeli friendship and alliance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Consider the pro-Israel crowd reassured

Natasha Lennard
In an AIPAC speech Sunday, the president clarified his statement on the 1967 borders
In this photo taken on Saturday, May 21, 2011, smoke plumes from the Grimsvotn volcano, which lies under the Vatnajokull glacier, about 120 miles, (200 kilometers) east of the capital, Rejkjavik, which began erupting Saturday for the first time since 2004. Iceland closed its main international airport and canceled domestic flights Sunday as a powerful volcanic eruption sent a plume of ash, smoke and steam 12 miles (20 kilometers) into the air. (AP Photo/Jon Gustafsson) ICELAND OUT (AP)

Ash from Icelandic volcano may disrupt flights

Meera Selva
Plume could affect UK travel as early as tonight; a similar cloud closed European airspace for five days last year
From left, President Barack Obama, President of Ireland Mary McAleese and her husband Martin McAleese, and first lady Michelle Obama stop to be photographed as President Barack Obama arrives at the Presidential Residence in Dublin, Ireland, Monday, May 23, 2011. President Barack Obama opens a six-day European tour with a quick dash through Ireland, where he will celebrate his own Irish roots and look to give a boost to a nation grappling with the fallout from its financial collapse.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Obama says U.S. and Ireland have “blood link”

Julie Pace
President emphasizes two countries' ancestral ties
President Barack Obama tells the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention that the bonds between the US and Israel are "unbreakable", Washington, Sunday, May 22, 2011. After a contentious couple of days this week when he clashed publicly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over ideas for a permanent Palestinian state, Obama is focusing on the deep U.S.-Israeli friendship and alliance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

The incredible shrinking GOP presidential race

Steve Kornacki
There are just three Republican candidates left with a realistic chance of being nominated to oppose Barack Obama
Damaged vehicles litter the parking lot of St. John's Hospital in Joplin, Mo, after a tornado hit the southwest Missouri city on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011. A massive tornado blasted its way across southwestern Missouri on Sunday, flattening several blocks of homes and businesses in Joplin and leaving residents frantically scrambling through the wreckage. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett) (AP)

Missouri officials say tornado killed at least 89

Kurt Voigt, Alan Scher Zagier
Residents were given only a 20 minute warning before tornado hit
CORRECTS PHOTOG NAME FROM KRISTEN TO KRISTIN Smoke rises from the Grimsvotn volcano, Saturday, May 21, 2011 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Iceland's most active volcano has started erupting, scientists said Saturday _ just over a year after another eruption on the North Atlantic island shut down European air traffic for days. Iceland's Meteorological Office confirmed that an eruption had begun at the Grimsvotn volcano, accompanied by a series of small earthquakes. (AP Photo/Halldora Kristin Unnarsdottir) (AP)

Icelandic volcano flings up ash, shuts airport

Jill Lawless, Gudjon Helgason
Event reminiscent of Eyjafjallajokull eruption that cancelled thousands of European flights last summer
President Barack Obama speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention in Washington Sunday, May 22, 2011. Obama said the bonds between the U.S. and Israel are unbreakable. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) (AP)

Obama stands by Israel-Palestine border policy

Bradley Klapper
President says 1967 boundaries reflect longstanding U.S. position
Syrian citizens who fled from violence from the western Syrian villages along the Lebanese-Syrian border, protest as they shout slogans against Bashar Assad and his regime, in the Wadi Khaled area, about one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the Lebanon-Syria border, north Lebanon, on Monday May 16, 2011. Carrying mattresses and bags of clothing, Syrians fleeing their homeland described a "catastrophic" scene Monday in a besieged border town that has been largely sealed off as the army tries to crush a two-month uprising. (AP Photo) (AP)

Shootings in Syria push death toll above 900

Bassem Mroue
Security forces open fire on funeral procession for anti-government protesters on Saturday
Gov. Mitch Daniels speaks at the state Republican Party fundraiser in Indianapolis, Thursday, May 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) (AP)

Mitch Daniels won’t run for president in 2012

Philip Elliott
Indiana's governor will sit out the Republican primaries, citing the "interests and wishes" of his family
FILE - In this May 20, 2011, file photo President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. Sunday, May 22, Obama is scheduled to speak at the AIPAC Policy conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

Obama and the Israel Lobby

Glenn Greenwald
The President deserves support, and some modest credit, in the controversy triggered by this week's speech
Palestinian mourners burn an Israeli flag during a funerla procession of three Palestinians who killed when Israeli soldiers opened fire on Sunday at protesters who approached the village of Majdal Shams at Syria's border with the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, at Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, Syria, on Monday May 16 2011. Israeli troops clashed with Arab protesters along three hostile borders on Sunday, leaving people dead and dozens wounded in an unprecedented wave of violence marking the anniversary of the mass displacement of Palestinians surrounding Israel's establishment in 1948. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi) (AP)

Palestinians to proceed with U.N. recognition bid

Karin Laub
Senior officials will try to bypass negotiations with Israel, calling such efforts fruitless
Possible 2012 presidential hopeful Republican businessman Herman Cain speaks during a dinner sponsored by Americans for Prosperity, Friday, April 29, 2011 in Manchester , N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) (AP)

Herman Cain enters 2012 GOP presidential race

Greg Bluestein, SHANNON McCAFFREY
The founder of Godfather's Pizza officially throws his hat in the ring
President Barack Obama speaks to CIA employees at the CIA Headquarters, Friday, May 20, 2011 in Langley, Va. Obama congratulated the country's intelligence workers for the years of effort that led to the discovery and killing of terrorist Osama bin Laden. He also thanked them for their daily work in protecting America, saying he'd never felt prouder or more confident about them. He said they're proof that when Americans put their mind to something, "there is nothing we cannot do." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

White House skips legal deadline on Libya

Associated Press
Military action passes 60-day threshold, but Obama won't seek congressional approval
** CORRECTS SPELLING OF LEBANESE ** Syrian citizens who fled from violence from the western Syrian villages along the Lebanese-Syrian border, protest as they shout slogans against Bashar Assad and his regime, in the Wadi Khaled area, about one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the Lebanon-Syria border, north Lebanon, on Monday May 16, 2011. Carrying mattresses and bags of clothing, Syrians fleeing their homeland described a "catastrophic" scene Monday in a besieged border town that has been largely sealed off as the army tries to crush a two-month uprising. (AP Photo) (AP)

Rights group raises Friday toll in Syria to 44

Bassem Mroue
Some believe conflict is moving toward a dangerous stalemate after yesterday's deadly protests
President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Friday, May 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

Obama and Netanyahu discuss their differences

Erica Werner
After meeting with Israeli PM at the White House, president says such disagreements happen "between friends"
RETRANSMITTING TO CORRECT DAY Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr. speaks at a Meet and Greet in Lebanon, N.H., Thursday, May 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter) (AP)

Jon Huntsman distances self from self

Alex Pareene
The moderate, Mormon Republican former governor goes wobbly on his Mormonism, moderate principles
An Egyptian woman watches U.S. President Barack Obama's policy address, outside a shop selling televisions in Cairo, Egypt Thursday, May 19, 2011. President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed a key Palestinian demand for the borders of its future state and prodded Israel to accept that it can never have a truly peaceful nation based on "permanent occupation." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (AP)

The pro-Israel crowd’s “1967” hissyfit

Natasha Lennard
One particular line in President Obama's speech Thursday set off a torrent of criticism from the right
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference in his office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. When U.S President Barack Obama and Netanyahu meet this week to try to revive deadlocked Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, they will do so against a vastly changed Middle East landscape. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (AP)

Netanyahu at White House after Obama challenge

Erica Werner
Israeli prime minister calls the president's endorsement of a return to 1967 borders "indefensible"
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pauses during a press conference in his office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. When U.S President Barack Obama and Netanyahu meet this week to try to revive deadlocked Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, they will do so against a vastly changed Middle East landscape. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (AP)

Netanyahu: 1967 borders can’t be defended

Associated Press
Israeli prime minister rejects a key aspect of Obama's Mideast speech
** CORRECTS SPELLING OF LEBANESE ** Syrian citizens who fled from violence from the western Syrian villages along the Lebanese-Syrian border, protest as they shout slogans against Bashar Assad and his regime, in the Wadi Khaled area, about one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the Lebanon-Syria border, north Lebanon, on Monday May 16, 2011. Carrying mattresses and bags of clothing, Syrians fleeing their homeland described a "catastrophic" scene Monday in a besieged border town that has been largely sealed off as the army tries to crush a two-month uprising. (AP Photo) (AP)

Obama’s Mideast speech offers punishment, praise

Ben Feller
The president will announce aid for Egypt and Tunisia as he defends new sanctions on Syria's Assad
President-elect Newt Gingrich?

How Gingrich can still win the GOP nomination — and the presidency

Alex Pareene
Step aside, cowardly Beltway establishment sheep literati, because Newt's still got a clear path to victory
President Barack Obama addresses an audience during a campaign fundraising event, in Boston, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) (AP)

The illegal war in Libya

Glenn Greenwald
The always dubious claim that the War Powers Resolution authorized the war is coming to an end
President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, May 10, 2011, as he travels to the U.S.-Mexico border at El Paso, Texas, to speak about immigration reform, Tuesday, May 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

Air Force One forced to abort landing attempt

Associated Press
Weather causes difficulties, but presidential aircraft touches down safely in Connecticut with only a slight delay
Syrian protesters chant slogans and hold anti-Syrian President posters during a demonstration demanding that Syria's President Bashar Assad step down, in front of the Arab League headquarters building in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May 15, 2011. Hundreds of Syrians fled to neighboring Lebanon to escape a violent crackdown against an anti-government uprising that has claimed the lives of more than 800 civilians, Lebanese security officials and a leading human rights group said. Arabic read " people want Assad step down". (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (AP)

U.S. slaps sanctions on Syria’s Assad for abuses

Ben Feller, Matthew Lee
Action marks the first time the Syrian leader has been personally penalized for the actions of his security forces
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