The escalating conflict in the Gaza Strip has forced Gov. Martin O’Malley to postpone his eight-day trade mission to the Middle East.
O’Malley (D) and a delegation of elected officials and business leaders were set to leave next week for Israel, Jordan and the West Bank city of Ramallah, The Washington Post reported. He announced his decision today after mounting Hamas rocket strikes and Israeli counter-strikes that have left more than 100 dead in the past week.
“Not wanting to be a distraction from the urgent cause of peace, I look forward to visiting Israel in the months ahead with Maryland business, research and academic leaders,” O’Malley said in a statement. “For now, we join with our Israeli and Palestinian neighbors in praying for a cease-fire and peaceful resolution to the conflict.”
This would have been his third trip to Israel since 2005, according to The Post. O’Malley announced the trade mission in September at the opening of a radar electronics manufacturing facility in Columbia, MD, owned by a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries.
I'll buy one of them too if he wears it in Gaza.
"A year ago, O’Malley headlined a delegation of more than 100 Maryland business leaders, elected officials and lobbyists to India. He also made a brief stop in Doha, Qatar. In 2010, O’Malley led a 68-member delegation on a similar trip to China, South Korea and Vietnam. O’Malley’s administration says deals signed during or shortly after the trips netted a combined $145 million in trade and investment for Maryland and the companies that were part of the delegation." ------------------------------------------ "I was being sarcastic in my first comment about the trip helping Maryland's economy" Of course you were being sarcastic; you were making an accurate statement and, surely, that didn't happen because you were actually educated on a topic for once.
Let me guess, CEOs and company presidents aren't "business leaders" either? You're such a joke. Complain about everything and you're so uneducated on the topics that you can't even whine properly.
Seriously, Puf. Move on with your life. Just be thankful you're not in charge of anything important and the adults in the room are taking care of you.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/states/MD.html
What an unbelievably dumb statement. Landing on the moon? The microchip? The internet? GPS? The vast majority of major technological advancement we've seen this generation is directly due to the U.S. government. For someone to be completely ignorant of that fact is mind-boggling. Your understanding of the world around you is severely lacking.
Yes.....Eric.....the "spam" looks good!!!
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