--- title: Read John Kasich's Speech to AIPAC description: A full transcript of his remarks on the U.S.-Israeli relationship. canonical: https://time.com/4267674/john-kasich-aipac-israel-speech-transcript/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-22T14:51:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:06:44.669Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read John Kasich's Speech to AIPAC og:description: Here is a full transcript of his speech on Israel. og:url: https://time.com/4267674/john-kasich-aipac-israel-speech-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa365a1abb0c0ce2/69888c02cf40a8216ec427fa/john-kasich-aipac.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich addresses the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) March 21, 2016 in Washington, DC. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read John Kasich's Speech to AIPAC twitter:description: Here is a full transcript of his speech on Israel. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa365a1abb0c0ce2/69888c02cf40a8216ec427fa/john-kasich-aipac.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read John Kasich's Speech to AIPAC by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Mar 22, 2016 2:51 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich addresses the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) March 21, 2016 in Washington, DC. Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich addresses the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) March 21, 2016 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Mar 22, 2016 2:51 PM UTC Republican presidential candidate John Kasich spoke to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Monday about the relationship between the United States and Israel. Here is a full transcript of his remarks. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4267674/john-kasich-aipac-israel-speech-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4267674/john-kasich-aipac-israel-speech-transcript/"},"headline":"Read John Kasich's Speech to AIPAC","datePublished":"2016-03-22T14:51:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:06:44.669Z","description":"A full transcript of his remarks on the U.S.-Israeli relationship.","url":"https://time.com/4267674/john-kasich-aipac-israel-speech-transcript/","keywords":["john kasich","2016 Election topic","Foreign Policy","Israel","AIPAC"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa365a1abb0c0ce2/69888c02cf40a8216ec427fa/john-kasich-aipac.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa365a1abb0c0ce2/69888c02cf40a8216ec427fa/john-kasich-aipac.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich addresses the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) March 21, 2016 in Washington, DC.","caption":"Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich addresses the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) March 21, 2016 in Washington, DC.","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/john-kasich/","name":"john kasich"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4267674/john-kasich-aipac-israel-speech-transcript/","name":"Read John Kasich's Speech to AIPAC"}}]}] ```