There was no one more gracious, considerate and kind; no one more hospitable and generous; no one more capable of understanding and empathy.

So Arafat can no more declare unilaterally what that outcome would be than I could. We could each unilaterally decide what we want and then we'd have an explosion.

He was very gracious and kind,

I've always been one to be gracious and kind; I certainly have learned you reap what you sow.

As far as a nuclear weapons-free zone, you know, when the lion lies down with the lamb, and you don't need a new lamb every day to satisfy the lion, then we might have this kind of transformation in the Middle East.

I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a month ago or a year ago. It's just moving on with its efforts.