as i said yesterday, i met with every prime minister since golda meir and mr. prime minister, deep have taken a deeper hole in my gut since i first visited here in 1973 as a young senator. i'm returning for 10th visit this time as president of the united states, but i have never forgotten what the prime minister told me when i was a brand new junior senator. just weeks before the yomkippur war and she could see i was worried. as i stood before the press taking questions and pictures and she looked at me and said don't look so worried, senator. israel has a secret weapon. and i looked at her as i turned my head, and i just looked at her and she said we have nowhere else to go. i never forget what she told me. that was 50 years ago. 50 years ago, the threats were real then and still around here. we must never forget the horrors which an unchecked patriot can leave and that's when i returned, i wanted to visit and landed yesterday to bear witness to renew our vow of never, ever again. at the same time, israel of today is not the israel 50 years ago. you have shult

as i said yesterday, i've met with every prime minister since golda meir, and it was a pleasure to beble to spend some time with you today to get to know you better. mr. prime minister, a a deep love and respect for us israel has only taken a deeper hold on my heart and my gut since i first visited here back in 1973 as a young senator. i'm returning for my tenth visit as president, this time as president of the united states. finish but i've never forgotten what prime minister maer told me when i was a brand new, junior senator from the state of delaware. it was just weeks before the yom kippur war, and she could see on my face that i was worried. as we stood before the press taking questions and pictures, she looked at me and without -- she said don't look so worried, senator. israel has a secret weapon. i looked at her as i turned my head, and i just looked at her. she said, we have nowhere else to go. i'll never forget what she told me. that was nearly 50 years ago. 50 years ago and the threats then were with real, and the threats to israel remain real today. the scourge of anti-se

just a few weeks before the arm kapoor war had the privilege of spending time with prime minister golda meir. i'll never forget. i was sitting next to a gentleman my right when their aids, his name was robin. i've been look back on it all now. and i realized that i had the great honor of living part, the great history of this. and i did say, i say again, you need not be a jew to be a zion. the fact is that since then i've known every single prime minister and it's been an honor form strong work relationship with each of them. and now this is my 10th visit, every chance to return to this great country, where the ancient rude to the jewish people they back to biblical times is a blessing. because the connection between the israeli people and the american people is blown deep. it's phone deep generation. after generation connection grows, we invest in each other. we dream together. we're part of what has always been the objective we both had. i've been part of that as a senator, as a vice president. and quite frankly, before that having been raised by a righteous christian. we had dinner at our

just a few weeks before the yom kippur war had the privilege of spending time with prime minister golda meir. i'll never forget. i was sitting next to a gentleman my right when their aids, his name was robin, as they look back on it all now. and i realized that i had the great honor of living part of the great history of this. great. and i did say, i say again, you need not be a jew to be a zion. the fact is that since then i've known every single prime minister has been an honor form strong working relationship with each of them. and now this is my 10th visit. every chance to return it is great country where the ancient rude to the jewish people day back to biblical times is a blessing. because the connection between the israeli people and the american people is blown deep. it's bone deep generation. after generation a connection grows. we invest in each other. we dream together. we're part of what has always been the objective we both had. i've been part of that as a senator, as a vice president. and quite frankly, before that having been raised by a righteous christian who we had dinner a