The president set out very clearly a way forward on the Middle East process. There is a renewed sense of vigor and optimism.

It's fair to say that on both sides, that the last several days there was a renewed sense of urgency.

When it comes to the Middle East, this is always a very difficult issue for any American president.

feature very greatly in my talks with President Clinton.

It should be possible at Hong Kong to set a deadline of 2010, ... There is an enormous amount at stake... Failure to make progress could even be fatal for the trade round.

It took from 1967 to 2003—over three decades—to build the big men. It took a decade—2003 to 2013—to destroy them. I suspect a new generation of big men will return. No people can tolerate chaos forever. Dictators will offer a way out and many of the exhausted and brutalized people of the Middle East will accept them, and I suspect Washington will as well.