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Transcript: THOMAS R. PICKERING UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE DISCUSSES U.S. POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AT THE MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE
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- October 16, 1998
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UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE DISCUSSES U.S. MIDDLE EAST POLICY
OCTOBER 16, 1998
SPEAKER: THOMAS R. PICKERING, UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE
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PICKERING: Thank you, Rocky. It's a pleasure to be here, among
old colleagues and friends who share a common experience and appreciation
for the Middle East. In this regard, allow me to pay special tribute
to
the work of the Middle East Institute and its supporters. Allow me
to
pay tribute, too, to your prescience. Who but you would have known
that
October 16, 1998, would land smack in the middle of the most important
period for the Middle East peace negotiations in several years --
and thus
the most important ...