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U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
News Release
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| IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
No. 293-12
April 19, 2012 |
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Readout of Secretary Panetta’s Meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs George Little provided the following readout:
“Today Secretary Panetta met with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak at the Pentagon to discuss the close U.S.-Israel defense relationship and mutual regional security defense interests including Israel's Qualitative Military Edge, Iran, Syria, and the Arab Awakening’s effect on the region.
“Secretary Panetta was honored to be joined by Minister Barak at the Department of Defense’s Commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day where they each lit a candle to commemorate the memories of the victims of the Holocaust.”
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