Congressman Ted Poe: US-Israeli ties 'very tenuous at best'

In an interview with Al-Monitor, Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he hopes "that the United States would mend its relationship with Israel."
U.S. Republican Congressman Ted Poe, a Representative of Texas, talks with business leaders at a breakfast forum on what Houston employers need from immigration reform, sponsored by ImmigrationWorks USA, in Houston August 20, 2013. As lawmakers return to their home districts in the final weeks of summer, hundreds of U.S. businesses have quietly mobilized to persuade Republicans such as Poe that an immigration overhaul is broadly supported by their constituents, even if some conservative activists loudly obj
US Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, talks with business leaders at a breakfast forum on what Houston employers need from immigration reform, in Houston, Aug. 20, 2013. The breakfast was sponsored by ImmigrationWorks USA. - REUTERS/Richard Carson
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WASHINGTON — Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, who serves as chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, characterized US-Israel relations as “very tenuous at best.”

Poe, who is serving his fifth term representing Texas’ 2nd District, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem earlier this month.

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