i remember sitting in front of golda meier's desk as she flipped maps up and down, chain-smoking. [laughter] vice president biden: talking about losses in the six-day war. sitting next to her military attache at the time. barack as a young senator, he heard about it, he read about it. as senator, barack obama went to see with his own eyes the lives of the families that live under threats, which he helped protect as commander-in-chief. as president he stored in jerusalem and declared to the whole world "those who would hear to the ideology of rejecting israel's right to exist, they might as well reject the earth needs them or the sky above -- beneath them or the sky above because israel is not going anywhere. so long as the united states of america is there, israel will not be alone there go he means it. -- alone." he means it. that is my president. the need for israel to have the right and the capacity and the capability to defend itself. at the same time he says that we have israel's back and you can count on that. the same commitment is fundamental to our strategy for the entire

i remember sitting in front of golda meier's desk as she was chain-smoking, talking about the lossesr, talking to the military at case you a -- attachÉ at the time, a guy named rabin. barack is 19 years younger and a young senator. he heard about it. as a senator, barack obama went to a small town in israel to see with his own eyes, the families who live under the threat of rockets. as president, he stood in jerusalem and declared to the whole world " -- rejecting israel's rights to exist, they might as well reject the earth below them or the sky above them, because israel is not going anywhere. so long as the united states of america is there, israel is not going anywhere. he means it. he means it. i mean it. that is my president. he understands the need for israel to have the right and the cast -- the capacity and the ability to defend itself. at the same time, he said, we have israel's back. and you can count on that. the same commitment that is fundamental to our strategy for the entire middle east. then we get into the controversial piece. iran. remember -- this is the president