Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110204:20:36:00
He has made peace with israel. he's very important in terms of gaza. he's very important in terms of the entire middle east. and he's also been very effective in lobbying congress, okay? and he's been getting $1.5 billion in military aid and so i think his point is that we knew who he was and we knew what he was. but this is real politic, and he's our guy. so we were sticking with him and so we had a bit of a problem separating from him, you know. there is a 30-year relationship there that's mutually beneficial. and that's very difficult to disentangle. and i think what you see going on now is...
Source: news source