Gibbs: Obama visit to Israel not anytime soon
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President Barack Obama left the impression he had accepted an invitation to visit Israel, but do not expect the trip any time soon. During Obama's relationship-patching meeting at the White House on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli leader publicly asked the president and first lady Michelle Obama to come. Netanyahu said, "It's about time."
Obama replied that he looked forward to it. On Wednesday, presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters that a trip is, as he put it, "not on the books for this year." Noting that Obama visited Israel as a candidate, Gibbs did not commit to when, or whether, a return trip would happen. (AP)
