Going back to the point I just made to Lester, we support actions and words by each side that move the parties closer to direct negotiations, because that is the only way that the Palestinians will achieve their goal of a sovereign state, and, as part of that, the Israelis will achieve the kind of security that they greatly deserve in a Jewish state.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

The Center, which called on the Bush Administration Tuesday to recognize Croatia and Slovenia as part of a new voluntary confederation of sovereign republics, was appalled to discover that -- according to the State Department Press Spokeswoman, Margaret Tutwiler, the USSR has adopted a stance "almost literally identical to the United States' position on" events unfolding in Yugoslavia.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy