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Obama on Iran, His Pastor, Brzezinski, What Being ‘Pro-Israel’ Means to Him and Other Issues That Give Some Jews the Willies

By Daniel Treiman February 25, 2008

Barack Obama met with Jewish leaders in Cleveland and spoke at great length on a number of topics that have sparked Jewish anxieties about his candidacy. The JTA has the transcript.

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