romney, who traveled from england to israel earlier today, says he has to be careful while traveling abroad not to criticize the president directly. in an interview with an israeli paper, he was asked about the controversial israeli settlements in disputed areas such as the west bank. romney said, quote, i am afraid that any discussion of settlements would lead me into waters of showing a distance between me and the president that will not be appropriate for me to do while on foreign soil. president obama, who is not traveled to israel as president, has been critical of israel for continuing to build those settlements and that's caused somewhat of a chilly relationship between the president and israeli prime minister netanyahu. still yesterday in a separate event, the president talked about america's, quote, unshakeable commitment to israel's security. >> i have made it a top priority for my administration to deepen cooperation with israel across the whole spectrum of security issues, intelligence, military