10/15/2001
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"The United States is strongly committed to finding a just settlement in the Middle East."
"Progress requires an atmosphere of peace, and peace requires acts of leadership, not acts of terror."
"America will always be a committed friend of Israel, and we recognize Israel's right to defend itself against terror."
"The future itself is dying—the future of the Palestinian people and the future of the Israeli people."