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  • "I know this region well enough to know there is skepticism, in some quarters there is cynicism, and there are reasons for it," Mr. Kerry told reporters. "There have been bitter years of disappointment. It is our hope that by being methodical, careful, patient — but detailed and tenacious — that we can lay on a path ahead that can conceivably surprise people and certainly exhaust the possibilities of peace."

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  • "That's what we're working towards," said Mr. Kerry, who met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas later Thursday in Ramallah on the West Bank.

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