It's summer 2008 and the Jerusalem Post interviews Congressman Howard Berman in his Capital Hill office. Howard jokes "he became a Zionist before he became a Democrat." Berman went on to say, ""Israel's security and the US-Israeli relationship is for me an issue that shapes my whole agenda [in] Congress, and guides it." The story also said:
House Majority leader Steny Hoyer stated Berman's staffers are working hard on a resolution regarding the Gaza crisis. There's no need to guess it's content. Just as there is no reason to ponder Barack Obama's. One need only look at his comments on Israel's razing of Lebanon in summer 2006.
As chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, he's in a position to do more than wave flags and cheer. Howard Berman has the helm of one of the most powerful bodies shaping US foreign policy, and he says his decision to run for Congress and focus on international relations while in office was intimately connected to his Jewish background and ties to the Jewish state.
House Majority leader Steny Hoyer stated Berman's staffers are working hard on a resolution regarding the Gaza crisis. There's no need to guess it's content. Just as there is no reason to ponder Barack Obama's. One need only look at his comments on Israel's razing of Lebanon in summer 2006.
