President Obama addresses U.N., calls for new commitment to Middle East peace
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President Barack Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.
AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams
In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, President Barack Obama called on world leaders to set aside decades of division and unite around the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The president was speaking before the UN for the second time in two days. Yesterday, he laid out a new direction for U.S. development assistance.
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