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Mediator. for a lot of americans who listened to television last night, they thought they heard the president was going to pivot towards making jobs and the economy the central focus of his presidency. here, within less than 24 hours, we have him making a commitment that has often in the past involved enormous engagement, personal engagement, on the part of presidents. thats going to be head-snapping for a lot of people. i think he needs to give hillary clinton and george mitchell a lot of respo...

I want to thank secretary of state, hillary clinton, senator mitchell, the many members of the obama administration and tony blair, who have all worked so hard to bring israelis and palestinians together here today. i also want to thank president mubarak and king abdullah for their dedicated and meaningful support to promote peace, security and stability throughout our region. i deeply appreciate it. your presence here today. i begin with a hebrew word for peace, shalom, our goal is shalom. our ...

Make the tough decisions to make the kinds of concessions that the palestinians need. its a one-year deadline theyve imposed. no means a done deal. >> very significant point wolf just made. david, i want you to listen to something the president said in the rose garden earlier today. he came out to make a statement with his secretary of state clinton and his special envoy, george mitchell. the president seemed to address the point wolf just made, that the united states will take the lead, the uni...

Short, brown hair, has dyeed it and now has a beard. they want you to be on the lookout for them. they also want you to believe they are still driving that nissan sentra they stole back in arizona when they escaped some four weeks ago now, shep. >> shepard: toothys and fingers are the keys. trace gallagher, thank you. >> you bet. >> im not saying senator mitchells report is entirely wrong. im saying brian mcnamee mys statements about me are wrong. let me be clear, i have never taken steroids or ...

Dignified peace and a dignified life for the palestinians. i discussed this at some length yesterday with president obama, and im very happy with the progress of those talks. >> larry: all right. but abbas isnt the only leader we have to concern ourselves with. would you sit down with hamas? >> ill sit down with anyone who will recognizes my existence. somebody who calls for our destruction, my destruction, is unfortunately, not a partner for peace. >> larry: so you would not sit down -- >> -- h...

Yesterday with president obama, and im very happy with the progress of those talks. >> larry: all right. but abbas isnt the only leader we have to concern ourselves with. would you sit down with hamas? >> ill sit down with anyone who will recognizes my existence. somebody who calls for our destruction, my destruction, is unfortunately, not a partner for peace. >> larry: so you would not sit down -- >> -- hamas that calls -- well, you know, would you sit down with somebody who said we want to des...

The three of them were in their homelands. it was terrific. why cant -- would you do that, if we had you and abbas and we had the king of jordan on? could we do that now? >> youre on, larry. from my point of view, immediately, no problem. >> larry: all right. so if we worked on that, we could set it up? because its -- its frustrating -- go ahead. >> well, im just saying that youre hitting the nail right on the head. i mean, what is there to prevent a meeting between the prime minister of israel,...

Years ago with arafat, with yitzhak rabin and king hussein of jordan, historic show. i was in washington. the three of them were in their homelands. it was terrific. why cant -- would you do that, if we had you and abbas and we had the king of jordan on? could we do that now? >> youre on, larry. from my point of view, immediately, no problem. >> larry: all right. so if we worked on that, we could set it up? because its -- its frustrating -- go ahead. >> well, im just saying that youre hitting th...

Homelands. it was terrific. why cant -- would you do that, if we had you and abbas and we had the king of jordan on? could we do that now? >> youre on, larry. from my point of view, immediately, no problem. >> larry: all right. so if we worked on that, we could set it up? because its -- its frustrating -- go ahead. >> well, im just saying that youre hitting the nail right on the head. i mean, what is there to prevent a meeting between the prime minister of israel, in jerusalem, and the president...

If we had you and abbas and we had the king of jordan on? could we do that now? >> youre on, larry. from my point of view, immediately, no problem. >> larry: all right. so if we worked on that, we could set it up? because its -- its frustrating -- go ahead. >> well, im just saying that youre hitting the nail right on the head. i mean, what is there to prevent a meeting between the prime minister of israel, in jerusalem, and the president of the palestinian authority, mahmoud abbas, whos ten minu...