Statement by Gov. Perry on Recent Comments Made About Prime Minister Netanyahu by a Senior White House Official

Gov. Rick Perry today released the below statement following negative comments made about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by a senior White House official.

"I'm hopeful the President of the United States shares the complete and total disbelief many of us felt that a senior official working in the West Wing of the White House would use profanity to describe the leader of our greatest ally in the Middle East. The President should demand to know who said this and ask for their resignation as there is absolutely no excuse for such language coming out of the White House. If the President receives no answer as to who said this he should consider making wholesale changes to his staff in order to guard our vital interests and for the sake of maintaining an important relationship with a key ally."