JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY), representing the Bronx and Westchester, accompanied President Obama to Israel on Air Force One for high level discussions between the two allies. Rep. Engel, the Ranking Member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, thanked President Obama for making Israel the first foreign visit of his second term, and for speaking of the unbreakable bond between the United States and Israel. The President was warmly received at very moving welcoming ceremonies.
Engel is pictured above with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Wednesday.