And are there things that I might have done during the course of 18 months that would at the margins have improved some of the tone in Washington?

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But he would say it in this tone of voice of, well, of course, that's what, this is what business is, this is what business does.

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What all of this shows of course is that it will take much more than a change in tone for the Obama administration to win over the Israeli public.

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