Those with more than a superficial viewof American nationalsecurity, who would defend and preserve it from the fire next time, have by necessity divided their forces in advocacy of its various elements, but they have neglected its essence.
Without that emotional buffer, Obama appears to view Israel primarily through the filter ofnational interest and security, not the prism of shared values a "head thing, " not a gut thing.
Jones used the occasion of the Center event to reiterate his view that a national commitment of at least four percent of Gross Domestic Product to the nationalsecurity.