08/08/2001
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"I take great faith in not only his personal character but the fact that he campaigned on a platform of peace."
"I believe the Palestinian people are fully capable of justly governing themselves in peace with their neighbors."
"Hamas is a terrorist group."
"I think Palestinian moms want their children to grow up in peace just like American moms want their children to grow up in peace."