WASHINGTON -- Tony Blinken, Vice President Joe Biden's national security adviser, will address this year's J Street conference. Blinken will address a session on the U.S. role in resolving the Arab-Israel conflict and join a panel afterward discussing...
Dennis Ross, the former top Obama administration Middle East strategist, is rejoining the Jewish People Policy Institute as its co-chairman. Ross, who left the White House last month, will serve as co-chairman of the board of directors and professional...
By Ron Kampeas, JTA, WASHINGTON
• Published January 11, 2012
President Barack Obama on Monday announced that Jack Lew, his director of the Office of Budget and Management-a Cabinet-level position-would replace William Daley as White House chief of staff. Lew, 56, was chosen for his long years in government and...
By Ron Kampeas, JTA, WASHINGTON
• Published November 16, 2011
Dennis Ross got back in the driver's seat, yet three years later the peace is still missing. Ross, a veteran of four failed presidential pushes for Middle East peace, announced Nov. 10 that he would be leaving his post as President BarackObama's top Middle...
