Obama and Peres U.S. President Barack Obama with President
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story is by  America's Republicans aren't the only ones racing
for the White House. Soon they may be joined by Israel's
president and prime minister.  Both President Shimon Peres and
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may end up in Washington in
early March to attend AIPAC's annual policy conference, an
unprecedented situation. Under these circumstance, it isn't
clear which of them would merit a meeting with U.S. President
Barack Obama.  AIPAC - the American-Israel Public Affairs
Committee, considered the major pro-Israel lobbying group in the
United States - is holding its annual conference March 4-6.
While Israel's president and prime minister are always invited,
traditionally one of them attends, while the other sends a
recorded message to the conference.  This year, Peres was
expected to attend, with AIPAC planning to turn the conference
into an event honoring Peres for his life's wor