I told the President I told Rahm Emanuel and others in the administration that I thought the policy they took to try to bring about negotiations is counter-productive because when you give the Palestinians hope that the United States will do its negotiating for them they are not going to sit down and talk.
But what I hope for from a book – either one that I write or one that I read – is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.
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You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy or given up all hope of the Presidency.