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AIPAC listed 2nd most powerful group on Fortune list
DANIEL KURTZMAN
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A forthcoming edition of Fortune magazine ranks the American Israel Public Affairs Committee as the second most powerful interest group in Washington.
The magazine, which based its findings on a survey of Washington political players, said AIPAC - along with the Association of Trial Lawyers and the American Medical Association -owes its high ranking in part to its "substantial campaign contributions." But, it said, interest groups are valued more for "the votes they can deliver."
AIPAC listed 2nd most powerful group on Fortune list
Former Secretary of State George Schultz, "Turmoil and Triumph"...
[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Turmoil-Triumph-George-Shultz-Years/dp/B003VPASX0/ref=sr_1_2?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285242747&sr=8-2]Amazon.com: Turmoil & Triumph: The George Shultz Years: Gateway[/ame]The US supports Israel not out of favoritism based on political pressure or influence, but because both political parties, and virtually all our national leaders, agree with the American people's view that supporting Israel is politically sound and morally just.
Those who blame Israel and its Jewish supporters for US policies they do not support are wrong. They are wrong because support for Israel is in our best interests. They are wrong because Israel and its supporters have the right to try to influence US policy. And they are wrong because the US government is responsible for the policies it adopts, not any other state or any myriad lobbyists and groups that battle daily, sometimes with lies, to win American support.
