FITCHBURG - Bradley J. Sherman was born in Eau Claire, Wis., on May 22, 1943, to Betty and Jerry Sherman. He graduated from Chippewa Falls High School in 1961 and
influence in the region. president obama arrived this morning in israel his first visit here as president. thank you so much, good to see you. it s wonderful to be here. how are you, my friend? good to see you. reporter: greeted with pomp and circumstance. topping the agenda with prime minister netanyahu the conflict in syria and iran s pursuit of nuclear weapons, but little progress is expected open the dormant israeli/palestinian peace plan. it s not how he thought things would be going in the region at this point. at the start of his presidency, he declared with great fanfare he would begin pushing for peace immediately unlike his predecessors. we re not going to wait until the end of my administration to deal with palestinian and israeli peace. we re going to start now. peace is hard work. reporter: his pressure led to a low point in the relationship. we believe the borders of israel and palestine should be based on the 1967 lines. it cannot go back to the