article_snippet: Peaceful meeting: President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani  delivered an address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday where President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   expressed President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   love for Katz's Deli in New York New York .
article_snippet: President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   also thanked Congress for slowly but surely helping to rebuild President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   following the Afghanistan war in 2001.
article_snippet: President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   expressed President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   gratitude for the millions of American tax dollars and vowed President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   will be self-reliant within this decade. '
article_snippet: In a speech to a joint meeting of Congress, President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   moved to mend U.S.-Afghan relations that were frayed under former President Hamid Karzai.
article_snippet: President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   humbly thanked Congress for the nearly $107 billion President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   has appropriated for Afghanistan so far.
article_snippet: President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani  , wearing a gray western suit, peppered President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   speech with anecdotes about the time President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani  's spent in America, noting that President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   graduated from Columbia University in New York and was in President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   World Bank office in Washington when the first plane smashed into the World Trade Center on 9/11.
article_snippet: President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   touched on themes President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   hoped would convince lawmakers that President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   will be a reliable U.S. partner.
article_snippet: President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   also voiced support for women's rights and said President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   would emphasize law and justice and focus on self-reliance and economic development. '
article_snippet: President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   is untested as a leader, yet President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   received a warm reception from both Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill.
article_snippet: House Speaker John Boehner issued a statement after the speech calling President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   a 'trusted partner.'
article_snippet: And just before President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   stepped from the chamber, President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani   and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who is chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, embraced in a bear hug.
article_snippet: Ghani's speech drew much applause, but Ghani appearance didn't create as much buzz in the Capitol as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did when Ghani spoke to Congress earlier this month.
article_snippet: Some Democrats skipped the Israeli leader's speech, in which Ghani warned the U.S. that an emerging international agreement the U.S. was trying to reach with Tehran would pave Iran's path to developing nuclear weapons.
highlights_snippet: Newly elected Afghan President Ashraf Ghani stepped up to speak at a formal dinner in Newly elected Afghan President Ashraf Ghani honor this week at the State Department where Newly elected Afghan President Ashraf Ghani expressed Newly elected Afghan President Ashraf Ghani gratitude .