03/21/1979
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"I am proud to rededicate the United States to the NATO objectives."
"I would hope that my personal involvement would be much less and that the negotiating teams could make substantial progress."
"I think the success of this effort will depend to a substantial degree on the willingness of the Palestinians and others to participate in the negotiations themselves."
"I despaired many times, but I never reached such a state of discouragement that I thought about giving up."