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Israel's envoy courts liberal Democrats on Iran

Israel’s new ambassador to Washington is courting some of the most liberal Democrats in Congress in an effort to push the Obama administration to toughen its negotiating stance with Iran.
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Israel's US envoy, Ron Dermer, a confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, met with black and Jewish House members last week for a breakfast dedicated to highlighting the two groups’ joint history of discrimination.

Dermer used the meeting to press the case for demanding that Iran be prohibited from enriching uranium even as he hailed President Barack Obama's leadership on the issue.

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