when i was the victim of acampal never forget, lee rosenberg and others meeting with me to tell me jane, we have your back. it really meant a lot. and the one plea to all of you is you visit congressional office in the next few days and push for an agenda that i fully share. that you urge them to stay bipartisan on the state of israel. israel loses if we make her a political football in the campaign. now about iran, you are right. i've long worried about iran. i'm a jewish grandmother and soon to be a jewish great grandmother. i come by this honestly. iran is not only a threat to israel that we all understand and get, and the clock is ticking, but iran has shown over the years that it is capable through hezbollah to attack this hemisphere. the attacks in the '90s were the largest massacre since the holocaust. more jews did there. so we better take this seriously. and if iran gets a nuclear weapon, the arms race that will ensue and the destabilization. not only of the region, but of the world, i think means that iran and a few other countries like pakistan are countries we need to worry

and to recognize aipac current president and chairman lee rosenberg. and of course howard core. thank you for this service -- for your service to this vital organization which has helped me and my staff immensely over the years. finally, i want to acknowledge all the kentucky ians who are here. we may not have a large jewish population in the bluegrass state, but i'd like to think we make up for it in heart. in fact, one aipac supporter i worked with years ago in louisville summed up the attitude most jewish kentucky yans pretty well. he said, mitch, there's only one race better than the jews and that's the kentucky derby. now, as we all know the u.s. and israel have a lot in common. in addition to the strategic interests that bind us, both were born of conflict and built by immigrants and pioneers. and both of all has been firmly committed to the democratic ideals that enabled their people to flourish. because of these things, israel has always enjoyed strong bipartisan support here in washington. but saying we support israel doesn't necessarily ensure it. that's why i wanted t

[applause] recognize aipac president and the immediate past president and current chairman, lee rosenbergof course, of course, howard corporation -- howard kohr. [applause] thank-you for this service, for your service to this vital organization which has helped me and my staff immensely over the years. finally, i want to acknowledge all the kentucky is who are here . we may not have a large jewish population, but i would like to think we make up for in hard. [applause] in fact, one aipac supporter that the work could years ago in louisville some of the attitude of most u.s. kentucky is pretty well, i think. here is what he said. he said permits, there is only one race that is better than the jews, and that is the kentucky derby. in addition to the strategic interest that binds us, we were born and conflict and built by immigrants and pioneers, and both have always been firmly committed to democratic ideals that have enabled the people to flourish. because of these things israel has always enjoyed strong bipartisan support here in washington. but we support israel does not necessarily in s

. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the aipac chairman of the board, lee rosenberg.se] >> good morning. it is my great honor to welcome back president barack obama to the aipac policy conference, the central address for america as a pro-israel community. [applause] last year, as many of you may recall, i remind the president's that while our) should goes back many years, to his days as a state senator, he has not yet invited me to play basketball with him. well, another year has gone by without that invite. as i continue to shrink in height with each passing year, i am beginning to think there may be a strategy to this delayed invitation from my friend. or maybe it is possible that the president is just a little nervous that i could be the next jeremy lin. [laughter] in the meantime, what a year and has been. mr. president, in just the time since you last spoke to was at last year's policy conference, you have continued to demonstrate your unshakeable commitment to the unbreakable bond between the united states and israel. [applause] with an understanding that israel