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White House Chose Not to Block Schumer’s Bombshell Netanyahu Speech

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The top Senate Democrat provocatively called for new elections to replace the Israeli prime minister.

Dan Ladden-Hall
Dan Ladden-Hall 

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The White House was given advance warning of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s speech criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but the administration did not block the remarks.
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The White House did have advance warning of what Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was going to say about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a highly critical speech Thursday, but the administration did not block him from saying it.

In the latest sign of growing discord between Washington,

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Dan Ladden-Hall

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