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Official Texts
July 2000
07/31/00: Ambassador Edward Walker, Press Conference, Middle East Summit at Camp David With Questions and Answers, Cairo, Egypt
07/27/00: President Clinton, Interview by Israeli Television on the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David
07/27/00: Samuel Berger, Interview with Charlie Rose on the Middle East Peace Talks
07/25/00: Secretary Albright, Interview on "The News Hour With Jim Lehrer", Washington, DC
07/25/00: Secretary Albright, On-the-Record Briefing on the Middle East Peace Talks, Washington, DC
07/25/00: President Clinton, Statement on the Middle East Peace Talks at Camp David, The White House, Washington, DC
07/25/00: President Clinton, Prime Minister Barak, and Chairman Arafat, Trilateral Statement
07/24/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (11:53 a.m.)
07/23/00: Richard Boucher, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (7:30 p.m.)
07/23/00: Richard Boucher, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (11:20 a.m.)
07/21/00: Richard Boucher, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (5:00 p.m.)
07/21/00: Richard Boucher, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (11:05 a.m.)
07/20/00: Richard Boucher, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (5:05 p.m.)
07/20/00: Richard Boucher, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (12:05 p.m.)
07/20/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (12:48 A.M. EDT)
07/20/00: President Clinton, Remarks Upon Departure From Camp David Peace Summit, Thurmont, Maryland,
07/19/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (5:42 P.M. EDT)
07/19/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (11:10 A.M. EDT)
07/18/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (5:08 P.M. EDT)
07/18/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (12:20 P.M. EDT)
07/17/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (4:05 P.M. EDT)
07/17/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (11:45 A.M. EDT)
07/16/00: President Clinton, Excerpt of Interview with Michael Kramer of The New York Daily News, Camp David, Maryland
07/16/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (5:30 PM EDT)
07/16/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (10:55 A.M. EDT)
07/14/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (5:20 P.M. EDT)
07/14/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (12:05 P.M. EDT)
07/13/00: Richard Boucher, Press Briefing, The Camp David Peace Talks, Thurmont, Maryland (6:20 p.m.)
07/13/00: Richard Boucher, Press Briefing, The Camp David Peace Talks, Thurmont, Maryland (12:03 p.m.)
07/11/00: President Clinton, Remarks at Photo Opportunity With Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Camp David, Maryland
07/11/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland
07/11/00: President Clinton, Remarks Upon Departure for Camp David Peace Summit
07/10/00: Secretary Albright, Interview on CBS's "The Early Show"
07/10/00: Secretary Albright, nterview on ABC's "Good Morning America"
07/09/00: Ambassador Dennis Ross, Interview on CNN's "Late Edition" (Camp David Summit)
07/09/00: Secretary Albright, Interview on ABC's "This Week"
07/05/00: President Clinton with Israeli Prime Minister Barak and Palestinian Authority Chairman Arafat, Announcement of Camp David Summit
07/05/00: Vice President Gore, Statement on Camp David Summit
07/05/00: Joe Lockhart, White House Spokesman, Press Briefing
07/05/00: Senior Administration Official, White House Background Briefing on Camp David Summit
07/05/00: Richard Boucher, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing (Israeli-Palestinian Meetings at Camp David Next Week; Secretary Albright's Participation in Meetings; Secretary Albright Unable to Attend G-8 Ministerial in Japan; Press Arrangements for Coverage of Meetings; Size and Members of Delegations/Arr; Chairman Arafat's on Declaring Palestinian State and Summit)

June 2000
06/28/00: Secretary Albright and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Press Remarks Following Their Meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, Jerusalem
06/28/00: Secretary Albright and Palestinian Chairman Yaser Arafat, Remarks Following Their Meeting in Ramallah, West Bank
06/28/00: Secretary Albright and Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy, Remarks Following Their Meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem
06/20/00: Richard Boucher, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing (Prospects for a Camp David Style Working Summit/U.S. Discussions with the Palestinian Authority/Reported U.S. Proposal to Chairman Arafat To Delay Israeli Hand Over/Ambassador Dennis Ross' Travel/Effect of Israeli Political Crisis)
06/19/00: Secretary Albright, Interview on The Diane Rehm Show--WAMU-FM, Washington, DC (Middle East Peace)
06/18/00: President, United Nations Security Council, Statement on Israeli Withdrawal From Lebanon, New York
06/18/00: Secretary Albright, Interview on CNN's "Both Sides" with the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Washington, DC (Middle East Peace Talks)
06/16/00: Richard Boucher, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing (Andrews and Bolling Talks/Troop Withdrawal/Prisoner Exchanges/U.S. Political Prisoners in Israel/Timing of Dennis Ross' Trip/Iraq-No Fly Zones/Oil-For-Food Program)
06/13/00: Secretary Albright, Press Stakeout, Sheraton Hotel, Damascus, Syria
06/12/00: Secretary Albright, Press Briefing, Washington, DC
06/09/00: Thomas Pickering, 17th National Convention of the America-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Washington, DC
06/07/00: Secretary Albright, Press Briefing Aboard Aircraft En Route Shannon, Ireland from Cairo, Egypt
06/07/00: Secretary Albright and Egyptian Foreign Minister Amre Moussa, Press Availability, Ittihadiya Palace, Cairo, Egypt
06/06/00: President Clinton and King Abdullah of Jordan, Remarks at Photo Opportunity, Washington, DC
06/05/00: Secretary Albright and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Press availability following meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, Jerusalem
06/04/00: Secretary Albright, Interview on CNN's "Late Edition" With Wolf Blitzer, Washington, DC (Israeli-Palestinian peace talks)

May 2000
05/30/00: Senior Official, Press Briefing, President Clinton's Meeting With Prime Minister Barak, Lisbon, Portugal
05/22/00: Secretary Albright, Statement on Lebanon, Washington, DC
05/21/00: Samuel Berger, NSC, Remarks at Plenary Session of the Board of Governors, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
05/16/00: Dennis Ross, Interview on "CNN World View", CNN TV (Israeli, Palestinian conflict)
05/08/00: Edward Walker, Jr., Remarks Anti-Defamation League, Annual Leadership Conference, Washington, DC (The Peace Process and U.S.-Israeli Relations)
05/05/00: Richard Boucher, Excerpt from Daily Press Briefing (Escalation of Violence / Unilateral Israeli Withdrawal From Lebanon /Peace Process / Eilat Talks / Palestinian Talks / Albright-Shara Discussion)

April 2000
04/24/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing
04/21/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing
04/20/00: Senior Administration Official, Briefing on President Clinton's Meeting with Chairman Arafat, Washington, DC
04/20/00: President Clinton, Remarks, Photo-Op With Chairman Yasser Arafat of Palestinian Authority, Washington, DC
04/20/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing
04/14/00: Under Secretary Pickering: Diplomacy and Archaeology: Past, Present and Future
04/14/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing
04/12/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing
04/11/00: Senior Administration Official, Briefing, Following Meeting of President Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Barak
04/11/00: President Clinton and Prime Minister Barak, Remarks Before Their Meeting
04/10/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing
04/03/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing

March 2000
03/30/00: James Foley, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing
03/28/00: James Foley, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing
03/27/00: James Foley, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing
03/26/00: Joe Lockhart, Press briefing following President Clinton and President Assad's Meeting
03/26/00: Secretary Albright, Interview on CNN's "Late Edition" With Wolf Blitzer, Geneva, Switzerland
03/14/00: Algeria's Participation in NATO Mediterranean Dialogue

February 2000
02/29/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from Daily Press Briefing (Presentation on Iraq)
02/24/00: Dennis Ross, Following Meeting With Foreign Minister Moussa
Cairo, Egypt
02/24/00: Dennis Ross, Following Meeting With President Hosni Mubarak, Cairo, Egypt
02/14/00: Edward Walker, Jr., Press Conference, American Embassy Sanaa, Yemen
02/12/00: Edward Walker, Jr., Press Conference, Kuwait International Airport, Kuwait
02/08/00: Secretary Albright, CNN Worldview and Press Stakeout Following Interview outside CNN Studios, Washington, DC
02/05/00: Edward Walker, Jr., Departure statement, at Mohammed V International Airport, Casablanca, Morocco
02/05/00: Dennis Ross, Interview on CNN, Tel Aviv, Israel
02/01/00: Secretary Albright, press conference following the Multilateral Steering Group Meeting, Moscow, Russia (Middle East Peace)
02/01/00: Secretary Albright, remarks immediately following the statement by Acting President Vladimir Putin at the Multilateral Steering Group Meeting, Moscow, Russia (Middle East Peace)
02/01/00: Secretary Albright, statement at the Opening Plenary of the Multilateral Steering Group, Moscow, Russia (Middle East Peace)

January 2000
01/29/00: President Clinton and Chairman Arafat, readout to the Press on their meeting
01/29/00: James Rubin, press briefing, Davos,Switzerland
01/27/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing (peace talks)
01/19/00: President Clinton, Text of a Letter From The President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate (Continuation of Emergency Regarding Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process)
01/17/00: President Clinton, Remarks, Travel Pool Greater Washington, DC Boys and Girls Club of America
01/17/00: Secretary Albright, Statment (Israeli-Syrian Talks)
01/11/00: James Rubin, Daily Press Briefing Excerpt (Shepherdstown peace talks)
01/10/00: James Rubin, Press Briefing, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 7, 1:30 p.m.)
01/10/00: James Rubin, Press Briefing, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 7)
01/09/00: James Rubin, Press Briefing, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 6)
01/07/00: James Rubin, Press Briefing, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 5)
01/06/00: James Rubin, Press Briefing, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 4)
01/06/00: James Rubin, Telephone Briefing, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 4)
01/05/00: James Rubin, Telephone Readout to the Press, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 3)
01/05/00: James Rubin, Press Briefing, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 3)
01/04/00: James Rubin, Telephone Readout to the Press, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 2)
01/04/00: James Rubin, Press Briefing, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 2)
01/04/00: Joe Lockhart, Readout to the Pool, Clarion Hotel, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
01/04/00: Joe Lockhart, Second Readout to the Pool, Clarion Hotel, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
01/03/00: James Rubin, Telephone Readout to the Press, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 1)
01/03/00: James Rubin, Press Briefing, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 1)
01/02/00: Secretary Albright, Interview on NBC's "Meet The Press," With Tim Russert and Andrea Mitchell, Washington, DC
Current: August 2000
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