President Obama meets with Biden, Clinton and Mitichell in Washington
President Barack Obama (2nd-R) talks with George Mitchell (2nd-L), American special envoy to the Middle East, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) and Vice President Joe Biden during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on February 4, 2009. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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A major diplomatic storm is forecast over the next two weeks on the Palestinians demand for world recognition of an independent state.
George Mitchell, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, resigned Friday after unsuccessfully trying to advance Middle East peace talks, the administration said.
U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell meets with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Monday in an effort to move the peace process forward, Haaretz said.
The nearly deadlocked peace talks between Israel and Palestine may resume shortly, as U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell visits Cairo, officials said.
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