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Obama Delays Moving U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem
(AP) President Barack Obama notified Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday of his decision to delay moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. A 1995 U.S. law recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital and ordered that the embassy be relocated there. But the law also permits the president to delay the move for six-month periods, based on national security grounds. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush invoked the clause during their presidencies, and Obama first delayed moving the embassy in June.