US aid to Israel could dodge sequester to compensate Pentagon cuts
 

AIPAC lobbies Congress to protect aid to Israel

"With the sequester about to take a big bite out of the Pentagon's budget, the American-Israel Political Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is lobbying Congress to exempt US military aid to Israel, reports "The New York Jewish Week" correspondent Douglas Bloomfield, a AIPAC chief lobbyist for ten years, and now an independent consultant. "