U.S. President George W. Bush (C), Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (L) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stand together after making a statement about the Annapolis peace conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington November 28, 2007. Bush met with Olmert and Abbas one day after a 44-nation conference where both pledged to try to forge a peace treaty by the end of 2008 that would create a Palestinian state. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel (UNITED STATES)