MS. PERINO: We continue to work towards it. Obviously it has -- the negotiations have their ups and downs. But one thing Secretary Rice has said is that because the Palestinians and the Israelis at the negotiator level work to establish trust and reliability between the two parties, they've been able to keep those negotiations, for the most part, out of the public eye; and that they do establish some measures of progress.
Obviously there are things, like the settlement announcements, that undermined the negotiations. But all in all I think that they continue to work towards it. But there's no doubt there's so many challenges to getting it done that it takes a lot of work and effort. And I would refer you to Assistant Secretary David Welch, who is a little bit closer to it on the details, if you want more updates on where they are specifically.
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