We are honored and pleased that the address will this year be delivered by Senator Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois. It is a tradition of the Senate, a historic event in and of itself, and I believe it particularly historic and significant that Senator Moseley-Braun has consented to deliver the address today.
The speaker is introducing Senator Carol Moseley-Braun to deliver Washington's Farewell Address.
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It is feasible. We tried that. I tried very hard in behalf of President Obama to get the Arab states to take steps in the direction of normalization, based on the Arab peace initiative, proposed initially by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
I think both sides are calculating their gains and losses and I think fairly soon the time will come when they will coincide in deciding that it's in their interest to end this round of the conflict.
When I first went to the Middle East, I went to 17 countries and I met with the leaders there many, many times, and every time they would criticize American policy, I would ask what do you think our policy should be?
I think he has a responsibility, not just to the president, obviously he has to the members of his caucus, but everyone has a higher responsibility to the country, to the constitution.
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