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AIPAC: News, Policy, Analysis for the Middle East and U.S.-Israel Relations.

"The most important organization affecting America's relationship with Israel. — The New York Times

AIPAC Policy Conference 2010 is taking place March 21-23 in Washington, D.C. More than 7,000 pro-Israel activists, including over 1,200 students from over 300 campuses and more than 175 elected student government presidents, will be in Washington to express their support for a strong relationship between the United States and our steadfast democratic ally, Israel.

Headline speakers at this year's Policy Conference include: Former British Prime Minister and Mideast Representative to the Quartet Tony Blair, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Congressional leaders including, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Evan Bayh (D-IN). Delegates will also hear from Israeli Opposition Leader and head of the Kadima Party Tzipi Livni, Professor Alan Dershowitz and Governors Martin O'Malley (D-MD) and Tim Pawlenty (R-MN), and many others. Both the current press schedule and rundown of the major speeches are available and subject to change.

Click Here to request press credentials. DEADLINE: March 16. Producers and Correspondents may apply for crew member credentials in their request. Those approved will need to pick-up their media credentials on-site after checking in with valid federal press credentials and a photo ID.

Iran experts at the U.N.'s nuclear monitoring agency believe that Tehran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb and has worked on developing a missile system that can carry an atomic warhead, the Associated Press reported. According to a confidential report drafted by senior officials at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), titled "Possible Military Dimension of Iran's Nuclear Program," Iran engaged in "probable testing" of explosives commonly used to detonate a nuclear warhead and "has sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable implosion nuclear device (an atomic bomb) based on HEU (highly enriched uranium) as the fission fuel." Senior diplomats had previously accused Mohamed ElBaradei, the IAEA chief, of hiding information about Iran's nuclear program. Still, recent IAEA reports have noted alarming advances in Iran's uranium enrichment activity-the key element of a nuclear weapons program.