Shimon Peres

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President Obama shakes hands with Israeli children as he is welcomed by Israeli President Shimon Peres (unseen) in Jerusalem on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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President Obama tours the garden of the President's Residence with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, Israel, Wednesday, March 20, 2013, (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

** FILE ** President Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres walk off stage following their joint statement to members of the media at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, Israel, March 20, 2013, (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, speaks during a meeting with Israel's President Shimon Peres in the President's residence in Jerusalem on Feb. 20, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, shakes hands with Israeli President Simon Peres during a brief ceremony in the president' Jerusalem residence Saturday Feb. 2, 2013. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this April 5, 2011, file photo Israeli President Shimon Peres speaks to members of the media outside White House in Washington following his meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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Israeli President Shimon Peres, center, toasts Indian conductor Zubin Mehta, second left, during a ceremony awarding him the Presidential Medal of Distinction at the President's residence in Jerusalem, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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Israeli President Shimon Peres (right) and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton share a laugh before their meeting at the president's residence in Jerusalem on Monday, July 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Israeli President Shimon Peres (center) leave after the inauguration ceremony of a memorial to Red Army veterans of World War II in Netanya, Israel, on Monday June 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Jack Guez, Pool)

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** FILE ** President Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres share a toast after Mr. Obama presented Mr. Peres with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a dinner in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)