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Topic: Joseph Lieberman

March 12, 2013
10:40 am

Lieberman joins American Enterprise Institute

Retired senator will lead project devoted to foreign policy at conservative think tank

January 6, 2013
9:15 pm

The shores lining the heavily Jewish Seagate community in Brooklyn remained littered with ruins more than three weeks after Hurricane Sandy. (Chavie Lieber/JTA)

Jewish groups split over use of federal funds to rebuild hurricane-damaged synagogues

OU, AJC support salvaging houses of worship with emergency cash; ADL opposes the idea

December 21, 2012
6:20 pm

73 senators sign AIPAC-backed letter urging continued Iran restrictions

A significant number of pro-Israel senators choose not to add their names to document

December 18, 2012
10:09 pm

President Obama honors victims of Friday's school massacre at an interfaith vigil in Newtown, Conn. (Pete Souza/White House via JTA)

Jewish groups and lawmakers seeking gun control get major boost from Obama

US president supports Dianne Feinstein’s assault weapons ban after Newtown massacre; NRA pledges ‘to help make sure this never happens again’

By Ron Kampeas

December 16, 2012
9:13 pm

A child's message rests with a memorial for shooting victims, Sunday, December 16, in Newtown, Connecticut (photo credit: AP/Jason DeCrow)

Jewish politicians lead chorus calling for tighter gun laws

Senator Joe Lieberman wants commission to examine mass shootings; NY Mayor Bloomberg urges Obama to make gun control top of agenda

December 14, 2012
11:32 pm

Rep. Gary Ackerman is one of a number of veteran pro-Israel lawmakers leaving Congress. (Courtesy of the Israel Policy Forum via JTA)

New US Congress will be missing some of its longtime pro-Israel pillars

Retirements and defeats mean a new group of supporters will take the reins on Middle East issues

By Ron Kampeas

November 19, 2012
11:15 am

US Senator Lindsey Graham (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Senator Graham threatens US will cut off Egypt aid unless it reins in Hamas

Joseph Lieberman downplays risk of Israeli ground incursion

By Anne Flaherty and Jim Kuhnhenn

November 7, 2012
7:14 pm

Majority Leader Eric Cantor will remain the only Republican Jew in the US House of Representatives. (Photo credit: CC BY/Gage Skidmore via Flickr.com)

Who’s who among Jews in the next US Congress

Representation drops by two in the Senate and five in the House following defeats and retirements

By JTA Staff

September 22, 2012
2:29 am

Iran blamed for cyberattacks on US banks and companies

From the web Washington Post: Joseph Lieberman accuses Revolutionary Guard Corps of hacking into American computers as retaliation for sanctions

April 23, 2012
11:44 am

Chief of the aerospace division of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Amir Ali Hajizadeh (left), near the captured US RQ-170 Sentinel drone in April 2012. (photo credit: AP/Sepahnews)

Iranians claim they extracted data from captured US drone

From the web New York Times: Tehran says experts have succeeded in removing information from computers carried by unmanned spy plane

February 21, 2012
11:04 pm

Republican Senators Lindsey Graham, right, and John McCain (photo credit: CC BY isafmedia/Flickr)

In Washington, debate rages over how to deal with Syria

Some politicians call for moves to stanch bloodshed, but Obama prefers diplomacy to intervention

By Zach Silberman