AIPAC conference in Washington
(L to R) Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA), Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Elizabeth Cheney, Dennis Ross, counselor and distinguished fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Ephraim Sneh, former Israeli deputy defense minister and member of the Israeli Knesset, participate on a panel discussion about Israel and the Mideast at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference in Washington on June 2, 2008. (UPI Photo/Alexis C. Glenn)
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