J Street director Jeremy Ben-Ami sat down with TPM news editor Justin Elliott this week in Manhattan to discuss the group’s role now that Barack Obama is President. Among other things, Ben-Ami defends J Street’s decision to sit out the battle over the administration’s National Intelligence Council pick, Chas Freeman, who withdrew after he was vilified by the right-wing pro-Israel community:

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