“There’s a lot of people in the Middle East who are desirous to get into the
Mitchell process. And � but first things first. The � these terrorist acts and,
you know, the responses have got to end in order for us to get the framework �
the groundwork � not framework, the groundwork to discuss a framework for peace,
to lay the�all right.” �George W. Bush, referring to former Sen. George
Mitchell’s report on Middle East peace, Crawford, Texas, Aug. 13, 2001