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still have some problems with Mr.
Gingrich's domestic agenda.
Just because a former lobbyist
for AIPAC will be working for Mr.
Gingrich, Mr. Pelavin said, "We
cannot expect the speaker to
change his view on a school
prayer amendment, the same
way we can't be expected to
change ours."
Mr. Gingrich has vowed to
push for a school prayer amend-
ment in the 104th Congress,
which begins work Jan. 4.
Jewish groups in Washington
have begun to prepare for an all-
out battle with Mr. Gingrich and
the Republican leadership on a
wide range of issues including
school prayer, welfare reform and
a balanced budget amendment.
Mr. Christenson refused to ad-
dress domestic issues of concern
to the Jewish community, saying
only that his new position is "to
promote Gingrich's agenda."
For their part, AIPAC officials
stressed that Mr. Christenson is
departing on good terms and that
this is a career decision.
"Arne has given two years of
outstanding service to AIPAC
and the pro-Israel community
and we wish him well in his new
position," Neal Sher, AIPAC's ex-
ecutive director said.
According to many observers,
Mr. Christenson came to AIPAC
to bolster the organization's Re-
publican ties. While his depar-
ture will presumably give the
lobby a significant entree into the
new speaker's office, it also leaves
a potentially large gap in AIPAC's
legislative department at a time
when AIPAC needs to foster its
ties with the new Republican-con-
trolled Congress.
Only last week, AIPAC an-
nounced a major reorganization
effort including layoffs of 18 staff
members and budget cuts aimed
at trimming over $1 million.
Under the reorganization,
AIPAC planned to hire a new lob-
byist, in addition to Mr. Chris-
tenson and Ester Kurz, the
director of policy and strategy
who recently returned to full-time
work.
Mr. Christenson's decision to
leave hastened the announce-
ment of the new organization's
new lobbyist, Brad Gordon.
Mr. Gordon will replace Chris-
tenson as AIPAC's legislative di-
rector.
Mr. Gordon comes to AIPAC
from the House Subcommittee on
International Operations, where
he worked as a staff director, the
most senior committee position.
AIPAC officials said the lob-
by will now begin looking for an-
other lobbyist to bring the total
full-time staff in their legislative
department to eight.
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Dennis Ross, the administra-
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emonies since Israel and the
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on the Golan Heights for leading
a campaign of "distortion" and
"hysteria."
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Golan.
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spoken opponent of sending U.S.
forces to the Golan in the event
of a Syria-Israel peace deal.
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not attend the briefing and no an-
nouncement regarding U.S.
forces was planned, administra-
tion officials said.
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ly unfounded and I wonder what
is really motivating it," Martin
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portedly asked at the closed-door
session as he held up a copy of the
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