We are hopeful that this agreement will be concluded,

If there was an agreement in the Middle East peace talks, we would like to get support from Japan, which is an important partner in the international community,

As long as the parties remain serious in pursuing an agreement, America will respond to their requests for help in bridging and brokering the hardest issues,

will not make a decision on sending U.S. troops until we have an agreement in hand and can evaluate whether it meets the conditions President Clinton has outlined.

When I took this job I had those instincts surgically removed, ... We believe in bipartisan foreign policy, and it's important to understand that we must test this agreement to see if it works.

We have come to a wider agreement with the Russians,

They don't have many issues left, but they cannot predict an agreement will be made by (Friday) morning.

They are basically not engaging at all on a crucial portion of the agreement, the military portion, ... I have made it clear that half a deal is no deal.