Speaking at a boisterous rally for Israel near the UN headquarters this afternoon, Sen. Clinton said she supoorted taking "whatever steps are necessary" to defend Israel against Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and Syria in the military conflict in the Middle East.... The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: Shortcut to: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/17/world/17cnd-hillary.html?_r=1&oref=slogin .