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House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) called for the U.S. to remain a "strong partner and reliable ally" of Israel in a speech Sunday.

Boehner spoke to the Jewish National Fund conference in Cincinnati, Ohio reports the Associated Press.

The speaker said the U.S. should support the "one true beacon of freedom and opportunity" in the Middle East.

Boehner's remarks come ahead of the United Nations General Assembly session this week in New York.

President Obama will address the UN Tuesday. The session is expected to be dominated by questions about Palestinian statehood as Mahmoud Abbas proceeds with a request for the UN to grant Palestinians sovereign state status.

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