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Bill Clinton: The answer to your question is that I have been working, before I came here, to come up with some ideas about how we can…

On the recordJuly 9, 1997
The answer to your question is that I have been working, before I came here, to come up with some ideas about how we can start this again. I am very concerned about what's happening in the peace process. I'm very concerned about the growing tensions between the Palestinians and the Israelis. And it is obvious that we're going to have to see some new specific actions taken in order to get this thing going again. It is equally obvious that we're going to have to have real security cooperation in the area with the Palestinians to keep down the violence. I think it can be done. It is a question of will and risk, calculated risk; that's what the peace process in the Middle East has always been about. And we are working on it now. But you know how it works there: The less I say about it, the more likely we are to succeed. Thank you very much.
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Bill Clinton
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