US House Speaker Boehner to Visit Israel

Republican John Boehner, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and an ardent backer of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will visit Israel at the end of this month, diplomatic sources said on Friday. The visit will follow Netanyahu's surprise election victory this week and his speech to Congress earlier this month at Boehner's invitation, an event that aggravated the White House and drew sharp criticism. The date of Boehner's visit with a congressional...

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