President Bush said he believes the creation of a Palestinian state by 2005 is “realistic.” “I also know when we start sliding goals, it makes progress less realistic,” Bush said in a Rose Garden press conference Wednesday. Bush spoke at length about his trust in Mahmoud Abbas and suggested that faster progress on the “road map” peace plan would strengthen the Palestinian Authority prime minister.
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