White House corrects location of Jerusalem on day of Peres’ funeral

The White House forgot its own policy on Jersualem Friday — at least temporarily. The administration initially sent out a copy of President Barack Obama’s remarks at former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres’ funeral in Jerusalem, indicating that the remarks had been given in Jerusalem, Israel. But later Friday afternoon, the press office sent out a correction to the previous email, striking out “Israel” from the header of the transcript. -- More...

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