U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and U.S. National Security Advisor Sandy Berger (rear) watch as Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat meet in the Rose Garden of the White House October 15. Netanyahu and Arafat are in the Washington area to hold peace talks on the Middle East at the secluded Wye River Plantation. Talks will begin later this afternoon.

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