keep open the lines of
communication among the Middle Eastern leaders. The whole world has a great
stake in the success of these efforts. This is a precious opportunity for a
historic settlement of a longstanding conflict, an opportunity which may
never come again in our lifetime.
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Asia, and in Latin America.
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to see how we act on one of our most
important and controversial items of business, approval of the Panama Canal
treaties.
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four administrations, two Democratic, two Republican.
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