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President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu are set to meet at the White House on Monday to discuss the Iranian crisis.

There are rapidly increasing signs that Israel may launch a pre-emptive defensive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities as soon as this spring. The Islamic regime is thought to be approaching a “zone of immunity,” in which the nuclear program will be defended beyond Israel's military might. The president, on Monday, is expected to continue to ask Israel to face this existential threat with restraint, hoping that tighter economic sanctions, coupled with diplomacy, will yield fruit.

Central to the U.S. diplomatic approach is the notion that if Israel does find it necessary to strike, Iran's threat to counter-attack American interests will not deter us; we have the capability to defend against such threats.

But President Obama’s FY 2013 budget sends a conflicting and dangerous message about our commitment ! to this approach.

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