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The Shmoozer
September 30, 2016
Former President Bill Clinton flew into Israel on Thursday for the Friday funeral of former Israeli President Shimon Peres. On Thursday night he had dinner at the home of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Meanwhile, President Obama and his presidential delegation arrived in Israel for the funeral early Friday morning.
After the funeral, both presidents were scheduled to get on Air Force One to jet back to Washington, DC, for a dinnertime arrival. Obama boarded the plane, however, perennial shmoozer Clinton dawdled on the tarmac.
Watch below as an exasperated Obama tries to get Clinton to board the plane.
Notable Quotables
"Mr. Netanyahu is one of the most media-savvy politicians on the planet. On Friday he appeared live via video link on 'Real Time with Bill Maher,' taking the host’s alternately sardonic and serious line of questioning with gazelle-like alacrity."
~ Anthony Grant, jourrnalist who has written for many major newspapers and worked in television at Paris and Tel Aviv, interviewing former PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, at the outset of Mr. Netanyahu's new book (more here).
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