Leaving Congress charmed

25.05.2011                      21.Ijar, 5771                      Tag 36 des Omer

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Leaving Congress charmed

Netanyahu’s 45-minute speech was interrupted more than two dozen times by applause, the vast majority of them standing ovations.

After a raucous, four-minute ovation upon Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s entrance into the chamber of the US House of Representatives, the featured speaker turned to Vice President Joe Biden.
Noting that it was his second time receiving the honor of addressing a joint session of Congress, the first being 15 years ago during his first term as prime minister, he asked Biden, “Mr. Vice President, do you remember the time that we were the new kids in town?” The question elicited a pulse of laughter from the audience, which intensified after a nodding Biden crossed himself….