Boehner's statement on Obama and Israel challenged

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WASHINGTONHouse Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) got some strong pushback Tuesday because he selectively picked out quotes from an article in The Atllantic to put out a release Monday asserting that Sen. Barack Obama is wobbly when it comes to Israel and Jews.

The author, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote in his blog LINK that Boehner needs to put out a correction.

I have no doubt that Mr. Boehner will issue a correction to his press release in which he states the obvious, which is that Obama expressed — in twelve different ways — his support for Israel to me.

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