Daily Press Briefing - Hamas Government Offers to Step Aside
16th Nov 2006, 09:15 GMT
Department Spokesman Sean McCormack (Nov. 14): "In terms of the Hamas government they, by their own omission, by their own statements they have said that they are going to stand aside for a different kind of government to take office. Now we'll see if that actually happens.
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