Today on CBS News' Face the Nation former Secretary of State James Baker was asked about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming speech before the United States Congress, arranged without consulting with the White House:
"Is that a significant breach of protocol?"
"Yes. It is."
And from the New York Times, January 30:
"A quarter-century ago, James A. Baker III, then secretary of state, was so angry that Israel’s deputy foreign minister had said American policy was built “on a foundation of distortion and lies” that for a while he banned him from even entering the State Department. Who was that deputy foreign minister? Benjamin Netanyahu." http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/31/world/middleeast/a-strained-alliance-obama-netanyahu-rift-grew-over-years.html?_r=0
"Is that a significant breach of protocol?"
"Yes. It is."
And from the New York Times, January 30:
"A quarter-century ago, James A. Baker III, then secretary of state, was so angry that Israel’s deputy foreign minister had said American policy was built “on a foundation of distortion and lies” that for a while he banned him from even entering the State Department. Who was that deputy foreign minister? Benjamin Netanyahu." http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/31/world/middleeast/a-strained-alliance-obama-netanyahu-rift-grew-over-years.html?_r=0
