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Barbour to meet with Netanyahu in Israel
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) will visit Israel on Saturday, less than a week
after Mike Huckabee announced a similar trip.
Barbour is scheduled to leave Saturday and will be in Israel until Wednesday of next week.
According to the Republican Jewish Coalition, which is hosting the
possible 2012 presidential candidate, Barbour will meet with senior
Israeli leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He
will also deliver a
"major address" at the Herzliya Conference on the last day of his trip.
Netanyahu has recently met with both former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt
Romney (R) and ex-Arkansas Gov. Huckabee, both of whom have shown interest in running
for president in 2012.
Visiting Israel and meeting with
Netanyahu in particular are indications that Romney, Huckabee and
Barbour are working to bolster their foreign policy credentials.
"This visit will give Gov. Barbour the opportunity to learn
more about the difficulties facing Israel, about the current thinking
of Israel's political, military, and economic leaders, and about the
Jewish state's exciting advancements in the development of new
technologies," RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said in a press
release.
This is Barbour's second visit to Israel sponsored by the RJC. The
first time was in 1994 when Barbour chaired the Republican National
Committee.
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