Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has arrived in the United States for a three-day visit that will include talks with Vice President Dick Cheney, American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and senior Congressmen. She is scheduled to brief the Foreign Relations Committee on Iran, counterterrorism, the situation in Gaza and negotiations with the Palestinian Authority (PA). She also will meet with House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The Foreign Minister also will be hosted by the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where she will address the delegates.