While the gun-rights lobby has made clear that it opposes any measures to further limit the availability of deadly weapons, some Jewish gun owners say they would be open to new firearms regulations.
Jewish opponents appear to be toning down the criticism that greeted the news last month that Chuck Hagel, a Republican who served as a U.S. senator from Nebraska from 1997 to 2009, likely would be Obama’s defense choice.
The United Nations Human Rights Council’s imprisonment watchdog called on Cuba to release Alan Gross, an American Jew who is serving a 15-year sentence.
Chuck Hagel lashed out at critics of his Israel record in an article timed for release just after President Obama nominated him to be defense secretary.
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