Barack Obama: “I've returned to the West Bank because the United States is deeply…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2013

I've returned to the West Bank because the United States is deeply committed to the creation of an independent and sovereign state of Palestine.

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The President's News Conference With President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah

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