December 12, 2003/Kislev 17 5764, Vol. 56, No. 12
Presidential politics in action
BARRY COHEN
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 Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) holds a press conference at Wesley Bolin Plaza, attended by the Jess Schwartz Jewish Community High School student body. Photo courtesy of Jess Schwartz Jewish Community High School |
The event took place Nov. 25 at Wesley Bolin Plaza in downtown Phoenix.
"It was very interesting and quite honorable to meet one of the candidates for the president of the United States," says 11th grader Dan Beller.
The high school students prepared questions on a wide variety of topics, including healthcare, the environment and the economy, says teacher Lynn Berrettoni. Only 11th graders Dan Miller and Ruth Storch were able to ask Lieberman their questions, she adds.
"I asked him if he thought universalized health care was good for America," says Miller. "It was interesting to ... speak to a national politician about what he thought of some of these concerns."
Storch asked Lieberman whether he thought the Israeli Defense Force was hampered by the United States in its response to Palestinian violence and whether the United States should be more politically involved with Israel, says Berrettoni.
"We had been promised 15-30 minutes of a question-and-answer period with the senator after he was done (with the press conference)," she notes, "but that didn't happen."
"He was apparently on a very tight schedule," says Berrettoni.