Secretary Rice (center) talks with U.S. Ambassador Khalilzad (right) at the United Nations. The United States welcomes Egyptian mediation to end the crisis in Gaza and supports a January 8 U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in the conflict.
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