Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly chose Michael Oren as Israel's ambassador to the United States because he wanted an able troubleshooter in Washington, and there have certainly been plenty of troubles to target. Oren, who was raised in New Jersey and educated at Princeton and Columbia before serving as an officer in the Israeli Defense Forces, has most recently taken point in trying to explain Israel's intercept of a humanitarian aid flotilla in international waters on May 31 that left nine activists dead and several Israeli commandos badly wounded. National Journal recently spoke with Oren. Edited excerpts from their interview follow.
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