B3. President George W. Bush, Remarks to the Annual AIPAC Conference, Washington, D.C., 18 May 2004 (excerpts)
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President Bush's forty-minute address to a crowd of some five thousand delegates at the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was interrupted by twenty-four standing ovations. Particularly noteworthy is the president's frequently drawn parallel between Israel and Iraq. Bush is the third sitting president ever to address the lobbying group. The speech is carried on the organization's Web site at www.aipac.org