President Obama meets with President Mahmoud Abbas in Washington

United States President Barack Obama meets President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, September 1, 2010. This is one of several meetings between the President and Middle East Leaders in advance of the opening of the first direct talks in two years between Israel and the Palestinian Authority scheduled to begin at the State Department in Washington, D.C. tomorrow. UPI/Ron Sachs/Pool